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# Research Contractor to Conduct the Northern Ireland Life and Times (NILT) Survey

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/research-contractor-to-conduct-the-northern-ireland-life-and-times-nilt-survey-ocds-h6vhtk-04dd8f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Queens University Belfast: "Research Contractor to Conduct the Northern Ireland Life and Times (NILT) Survey". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Mar 2025, 16:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Queens University Belfast](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/queens-university-belfast-GB-FTS-149012)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 19 March 2025 at 16:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Survey conduction services, Survey services
- **Delivery Location:** UKN06
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £152,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04dd8f`

## 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/research-contractor-to-conduct-the-northern-ireland-life-and-times-nilt-survey-ocds-h6vhtk-04dd8f#tl-md)

## Description
The aim of the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey is to provide a time-series and a public record of how the attitudes and behaviour of adults in Northern Ireland develop on a wide range of social policy issues.  The survey is designed to provide: 1.	A local resource for use by the general public; 2.	Trusted and independent evidence to inform policy making;3.	A data source to inform an academic debate.  The survey currently has a large number of users both within the academic sector and more widely.  This includes academic experts within the fields of Sociology, Social Policy, Politics and Psychology; policy-makers in district councils, government departments and other agencies; grass-roots community groups; lobbyists; students and schoolchildren; journalists and others needing background data for their work.  The survey website can be found at www.ark.ac.uk/nilt.The purpose of this procurement is to appoint a Research Contractor to conduct the survey on behalf of Queen’s

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79311000, 79311200
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Description:** The aim of the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey is to provide a time-series and a public record of how the attitudes and behaviour of adults in Northern Ireland develop on a wide range of social policy issues.  The survey is designed to provide...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Research Contractor to Conduct the Northern Ireland Life and Times (NILT) Survey (active)
  - Award id: `024953-2025-QUB/2731/25-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Ipsos (Market Research) Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-104723`
  - Value: £152,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Research Contractor to Conduct the Northern Ireland Life and Times (NILT) Survey (active)
  - Signed Value: £152,000
  - Signed Date: 21/05/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F024953-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-05-22T13:22:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T08:19:38.810Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04dd8f