Official UK procurement notice
Help to Grow Management: Evaluation Phase 2
Authority: Department for Business & Trade (Central government)
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£1,400,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 24 Sept 2025no call for competition
Awarded to IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) LTD
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAn evaluation of Phase 2 of the Help to Grow Management (HtGM) Scheme to understand the programme's outcomes for SMEs.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Sept 2025, 10:42 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Dec 2025, 12:26 GMT
- Authority reference
PR_4804- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-081467- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a0c4Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
- Published justification
Ipsos hold exclusive rights to data required.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
3 Oct 2025 → 10 Dec 2025 · 2 dates- Standstill ends377 days ago3 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published309 days ago10 Dec 2025, 12:26 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Sept 2025- Transparency notice published24 Sept 2025, 10:42 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published24 Sept 2025, 12:21 BSTUK6
- Contract award notice published24 Sept 2025, 15:19 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected8 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published10 Dec 2025, 12:26 GMTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-09: 1 release · 24 Sept 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £1,400,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 25 Nov 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) LTD9 Oct 2025 – 31 Dec 2026 · up to 31 Dec 2029Extensions: 3 x 1 year extensions are available | £1,400,000 | 24 Sept 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Help to Grow Management: Evaluation · IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) LTD
- Signed
- 25 Nov 2025
- Value
- £1,400,000
- Period
- 25 Nov 2025 – 31 Dec 2026 · up to 31 Dec 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 3 x 1 year extensions.
1 agreed KPI: Quality
- Quality, All deliverables are to be quality assured by the supplier before delivery. All outputs meet standards detailed in the specification and agreed upon at project inception. This includes meeting accessibility and branding requirement.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Ipsos (market research) LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender