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Buyer: Independent Parliamentry Standards Authority →

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BuyerIndependent Parliamentry Standards Authority
StatusClosed
Deadline1 Jun 2026
Value£233,333
Published30 Apr 2026

What is being bought

One of IPSA’s strategic objectives is to support trust in democracy. In 2025, IPSA carried out its most ambitious listening exercise at that time, grouped under the theme of What’s Democracy Worth? IPSA wants to explore a wider range of public engagement options e.g. from informative to deliberative. This opportunity is seeking a partner for a three-year (1+1+1) contract term, to work with IPSA to carry/deliver various yearly public engagement exercises.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Research services 73110000Research consultancy services 73210000Social research services 79315000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£233,333
Contract periodFrom 30 Jun 2026 to 29 Jun 2027
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Technical Ability - Requirement Response (50%)
CVs (10%)
Pricing Schedule (40%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Research services, Social research services, Research consultancy servicesNot 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 731,2653 median · 31.4 average (300 of 1,265 with a bid count)3 average (332 of 1,265 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK5152 median · 64.7 average (119 of 515 with a bid count)4.3 average (135 of 515 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)1456 median · 5.7 average (6 of 145 with a bid count)1 average (6 of 145 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 agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
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.

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-068fd5
Latest release ID040213-2026
Latest release timestampThu Apr 30 2026 19:10:18 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/040213-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-06-01T13:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-05-25T15:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-06-19T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailshttps://login.bipsolutions.com/casDelta/login
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£233,333
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source3
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
30 Apr 2026tender040213-2026

All source data

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

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
30 Apr 2026 · 040213-2026 · tender
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