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# ID 4629334 DfE - Consumer Council - Market Research Support

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/id-4629334-dfe-consumer-council-market-research-support-ocds-h6vhtk-03b4e6). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Consumer Council Northern Ireland: "ID 4629334 DfE - Consumer Council - Market Research Support". Published status: complete. Published Value: £2,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 28 Apr 2023, 15:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Consumer Council Northern Ireland](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/consumer-council-northern-ireland-GB-FTS-98076)
- **Published Value:** £2,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 28 April 2023 at 15:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Market and economic research; polling and statistics, Market research services
- **Delivery Location:** UKN
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £2,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/id-4629334-dfe-consumer-council-market-research-support-ocds-h6vhtk-03b4e6#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03b4e6`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/id-4629334-dfe-consumer-council-market-research-support-ocds-h6vhtk-03b4e6#tl-md)

## Description
The Consumer Council is seeking to appoint a market research Contractor who can deliver insight on behalf of the Consumer Council that fully aligns to the organisation’s statutory powers and objectives regarding understanding consumers and undertaking best practice research. The contract period will be for an initial period of one year with two options to extend for any period, up to and including, twelve months each, starting from the award of the contract.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79310000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Estimated Value:** £2,000,000
- **Description:** The Consumer Council is seeking to appoint a market research Contractor who can deliver insight on behalf of the Consumer Council that fully aligns to the organisation’s statutory powers and objectives regarding understanding consumers and undertakin...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Contract (active)
  - Award id: `018623-2023-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **COGNISENSE LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-86272`
  - Value: £2,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Contract (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,000,000
  - Signed Date: 29/06/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018623-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-06-30T08:55:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T12:26:30.290Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03b4e6