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Published 17 Sept 2025, 14:52 BST

Official UK procurement notice

TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF A RESEARCH PROJECT IRISH TRAVELLERS ACCOMMODATION SURVEY

Official notice

Authority: Northern Ireland Housing Executive (Central government)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable

Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN06)

Published estimate£60,000≈ £72k / year · £72,000 inc. VAT28.4% below published estimate

Submissions closed 8 Oct 2025awarded 24 Oct 2025

Awarded to Perceptive Insight Market Research Limited

Contract term 10 moends 27 Aug 2026 · starts 27 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Northern Ireland Housing Executive wishes to commission a suitably experienced researcher / research company to undertake the following research project: Irish Travellers Accommodation Survey. Further details of the

project requirements and the outputs are detailed in the Tender Documents.

CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services · Research services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1Awarded 10 moPublished value£60,000

Contract period: 27 Oct 2025 – 27 Aug 2026 (10 mo)Value: £60,000 exc. VAT · £72,000 inc. VAT

73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services 73110000 Research services

Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)1

Condition of participation
Please see tender documentation for details

What it takes to win
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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 more

How bids were scored

Lot awarding rule: Please see section 6 of the Invitation to Tender (ITT) contained within the Tender Documentation.

Conditions of participation1

Condition of participation
Please see tender documentation for details

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Below threshold
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 17 Sept 2025, 14:52 BST
Last source update: 28 Oct 2025, 17:53 GMT
Authority reference: P0149
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-057392
Latest notice: Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV): Research and development services and related consultancy servicesResearch services
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-059c5f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI

Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed

Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration

Submission deadline: 8 Oct 2025, 15:00 BST
Clarification deadline: 29 Sept 2025, 15:00 BST
Submission channel: Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission: Allowed

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Tenders may only be submitted via the etendersni.gov.uk/epps/home.do ↗ portal.

Tenders may be submitted electronically

Yes

Award criteria

Please see section 6 of the Invitation to Tender (ITT) contained within the Tender

Documentation.

Procedure

Timeline

17 Sept 2025 → 28 Oct 2025 · 5 dates

Tender notice published
17 Sept 2025, 14:52 BST
Clarification questions by392 days ago
29 Sept 2025, 15:00 BST
Submission deadline383 days ago
8 Oct 2025, 15:00 BST
Contract starts365 days ago
27 Oct 2025
Latest notice published363 days ago
28 Oct 2025, 17:53 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Sept 2025

Tender notice published
17 Sept 2025, 14:52 BST
UK4
Contract award notice published
28 Oct 2025, 17:53 GMT
UK6
Status changed to complete
28 Oct 2025, 17:53 GMT
Contract signature expected
28 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £42,9501 award exc. VAT

Bids received 11 from SMEs

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Perceptive Insight Market Research LimitedSMEVCSETender for the Provision of a Research Project: Irish Travellers Accommodation Survey ENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF A RESEARCH PROJECT IRISH TRAVELLERS ACCOMMODATION SURVEY29 Oct 2025 – 27 Aug 2026	£42,950	24 Oct 2025	Awarded

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1final-stage tenders · 2 at stage one	1	0	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Northern Ireland Housing Executive

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PTYV-8666-PQQY 2 Adelaide Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT28PBContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Perceptive Insight Market Research LtdAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PWWC-8215-GQMX 109 Bloomfield Avenue, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT55ABContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender28 Oct 2025, 17:53 GMT
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender17 Sept 2025, 14:52 BST