Official UK procurement notice
Provision of social research evaluation services to ONS
Authority: Office for National Statistics (Central government)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£2,700,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Sept 2025from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 4 yrsends 26 Feb 2030 · starts 27 Feb 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of social research evaluation services and evaluation training services
CPV: Social research services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 27 Feb 2026
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
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).
What this means for your bid
- “Provision of social research evaluation services to ONS” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Aug 2025, 14:51 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Aug 2025, 14:51 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-046194- Latest notice
- Pipeline notice (UK1)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0581b3Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
5 Aug 2025 → 27 Feb 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published5 Aug 2025, 14:51 BST
- Tender notice expected1 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts243 days ago27 Feb 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Pipeline notice published5 Aug 2025, 14:51 BSTUK1
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender