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ITT - National Blue Plaque Scheme Freelance Historian Framework - UID 199M

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BuyerHistoric England
StatusClosed
Deadline8 Jul 2026
Value£75,000
Published9 Jun 2026

What is being bought

We are seeking freelance historians and researchers to join our Framework to produce preliminary and full research reports on candidates nominated for a National Blue Plaque. We are looking to appoint 10 freelance historians / researchers to the framework. Further information on how the framework will work is detailed below.

Categories

Research services 73110000Research and development consultancy services 73200000Research consultancy services 73210000Market research services 79310000Social research services 79315000Services provided by authors, composers, sculptors, entertainers and other individual artists 92312200Services provided by authors 92312210

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
ValueAED 75,000
Contract periodFrom 3 Aug 2026 to 2 Aug 2029

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Research services, Research and development consultancy services, Research consultancy services, Market research services, Social research services, Services provided by authors, composers, sculptors, entertainers and other individual artists, Services provided by authorsNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 73. The category anchor is Research services (73110000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 739103 median · 44.2 average (160 of 910 with a bid count)3.2 average (173 of 910 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer9Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)2259 median · 9 average (1 of 225 with a bid count)1 average (1 of 225 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06b0e7
Latest release ID054309-2026
Latest release timestampTue Jun 09 2026 13:01:30 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/054309-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-07-08T09:30:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-07-01T17:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://in-tendhost.co.uk/historicengland/aspx/Home
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£75,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
9 Jun 2026tender054309-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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