Official UK procurement notice
Market Research Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: UK Atomic Energy Authority (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUKAEA is looking to form a collaborative relationship with a provider to conduct at least 5 stakeholder surveys annually for consensus and feedback. The awarded supplier will need to provide services which could include, but are not limited to:
- Regional, national and international market research
- Online data collection
- Telephone interviews, to collect long form responses
- Detailed reporting including recommendations.
- How the procedure runs: This procurement process is being undertaken using the Competitive Flexible Procedure under the Procurement Act 2023. This tender is being run as a two-stage process in order to down select to the preferred bidder. Bidders are required to submit their Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) and tender response by the deadline of 1st August 2025. UKAEA will first assess the PSQ that is submitted for this contract. A bidder must meet all the requirements set out in the PSQ (also known as the Conditions of Participation). Bidders will be shortlisted based on their response to the PSQ and conditions of participation, this will incorporate both scored questions and pass/fail questions. Stage 1 - A maximum of 5 will be invited through to submit a full tender response. UKAEA reserves the right to invite less suppliers through if appropriate, based on the quality of the PSQ submissions. Stage 2 - To assess the technical and quality aspects of the bidder’s response questions provided in Document 4 will be used.
CPV: Market research services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£950,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical/ Quality: 70%
- Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical/ Quality: Please refer to Document 4
- Price: Please refer to Document 4
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Concession
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 May 2025, 09:11 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Jul 2025, 09:00 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 17 Oct 2025
- Authority reference
T/IP041/25- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-038067- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050ae8Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
BACS 30 days
- How it runs
This procurement process is being undertaken using the Competitive Flexible Procedure under the Procurement Act 2023. This tender is being run as a two-stage process in order to down select to the preferred bidder. Bidders are required to submit their Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) and tender response by the deadline of 1st August 2025. UKAEA will first assess the PSQ that is submitted for this contract. A bidder must meet all the requirements set out in the PSQ (also known as the Conditions of Participation). Bidders will be shortlisted based on their response to the PSQ and conditions of participation, this will incorporate both scored questions and pass/fail questions. Stage 1 - A maximum of 5 will be invited through to submit a full tender response. UKAEA reserves the right to invite less suppliers through if appropriate, based on the quality of the PSQ submissions. Stage 2 - To assess the technical and quality aspects of the bidder’s response questions provided in Document 4 will be used.
- Risks
Please refer to tender pack
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 12 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 18 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
1 May 2025 → 30 Oct 2025 · 8 dates- Planning notice published1 May 2025, 09:11 BST
- Market engagement31 May 2025, 00:59 BST
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/PublicT… ↗ Please search using the unique tender ID: 98789
- Next notice expected10 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
- Tender notice published8 Jul 2025, 09:00 BST
- Clarification questions by18 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline12 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by376 days ago17 Oct 2025, 00:59 BST
- Contract starts363 days ago30 Oct 2025
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 May 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published1 May 2025, 09:11 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published8 Jul 2025, 09:00 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £950,0008 Jul 2025, 09:00 BSTwas £600,000
- Status changed to active8 Jul 2025, 09:00 BST
- Procurement method changed8 Jul 2025, 09:00 BST
- Deadline published: 12 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST8 Jul 2025, 09:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender