Official UK procurement notice
Understanding consumer attitudes and behaviours around misinformation to inform communications activity to counter food safety misinformation
Authority: The Food Standards Agency (Central government)
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73)Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£59,990published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 21 Oct 2026no call for competition
Awarded to The Social Agency/Basis Social Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCalling off from C425727 Research: Social Science Call-Off.
Research services to explore consumer attitudes, behaviours and trust in relation to food-related information encountered online. The work will provide evidence on how consumers engage with information and identify approaches to support effective communications, improve consumer confidence, and inform future communications, engagement and policy development.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Oct 2026, 10:44 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Oct 2026, 10:44 BST
- Authority reference
C471299- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-100312- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078e9bFind a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published23 Oct 2026, 10:44 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £59,9901 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 21 Oct 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Social Agency/Basis Social Limited | £59,990 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Understanding consumer attitudes and behaviours around misinformation to inform communications activity to counter food safety misinformation · The Social Agency/Basis Social Limited
- Signed
- 21 Oct 2026
- Value
- £59,990
- Period
- 21 Oct 2026 – 31 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- The Social Agency/Basis Social LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender