Official UK procurement notice
UKRI: Evaluation Pipeline · UK public procurement notice
Authority: UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) (Central government)
Dear Supplier,. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) invites suppliers to attend a market engagement webinar focused on evaluation services.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDear Supplier,
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) invites suppliers to attend a market engagement webinar focused on evaluation services.
The purpose of this webinar is to provide suppliers with early visibility of UKRI's anticipated evaluation requirements and forthcoming procurement opportunities over the next 12 months. It will also provide an opportunity for UKRI to engage with the market, share its strategic priorities and better understand supplier capabilities and market perspectives.
During the webinar, we will cover:
UKRI's evaluation priorities and vision: An overview of UKRI's strategic approach to evaluation and its anticipated requirements.
Forthcoming procurement pipeline: A high-level overview of anticipated evaluation procurement opportunities over the next 12 months.
Questions and Answers: An opportunity for suppliers to raise questions and gain further insight into UKRI's anticipated requirements.
Webinar details
Date: 9th December 2026
Time: 9:30am–10:30am
Location: Microsoft Teams
Registration
Suppliers interested in attending are invited to register using the following link by 27th November 2026:
Register for the UKRI Evaluation Services Supplier Webinar:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/aa452afb-0a2e-… ↗
As part of the registration process, suppliers are encouraged to submit any questions in advance. UKRI will endeavour to address these during the webinar.
Please note: This event forms part of UKRI's preliminary market engagement activity and is intended to inform suppliers of potential future requirements. It does not constitute a call for competition or a commitment by UKRI to undertake any of the anticipated procurements. Participation in this event is voluntary and will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any subsequent procurement process.
We look forward to engaging with you.
CPV: Economic impact assessment · Evaluation consultancy services · Market and economic research; polling and statistics · Performance review services · Research consultancy services · Research services · Social research services
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) buys Market research services (CPV 7931), and who usually turns up
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Market research services (CPV 7931) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in South West England (authority’s region).
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 30 days of the bid deadline.
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Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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1 bid25% / 0%
2–336% / 21%
4–621% / 21%
7+18% / 58%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Below estimate47% / 48%
Within ±2%38% / 48%
Above estimate15% / 4%
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 7931Published estimate£11m
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 19 past lots.
1 bid0%
2–321%
4–621%
7+58%
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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 13 Nov 2026, 15:21 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Nov 2026, 15:21 GMT
- Authority reference
UKRI-7650- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-108115- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07bbeaFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
13 Nov 2026 → 4 Jan 2027 · 3 dates- Planning notice published9h ago13 Nov 2026, 15:21 GMT
- Today14 Nov 2026
- Market engagementin 25 days9 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is undertaking preliminary market engagement to inform suppliers of its anticipated evaluation services requirements and forthcoming procurement opportunities over the next 12 months.
As part of this engagement, UKRI will host a supplier webinar on 9 December 2026, from 9:30am to 10:30am via Microsoft Teams.
The webinar will provide an overview of UKRI's evaluation priorities and strategic vision, an indicative pipeline of anticipated procurement opportunities, and an opportunity for suppliers to ask questions and provide market insight.
Suppliers are invited to register their attendance by 27 November 2026. Questions may also be submitted in advance through the registration process.
This engagement is intended to inform the market and support UKRI's procurement planning. It does not constitute a call for competition or a commitment to proceed with any of the anticipated procurements.
- Contract startsin 50 days4 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published13 Nov 2026, 15:21 GMTUK2
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
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender