Notice Information
Notice Title
ID 6207077 - DFE - The Consumer Council - Market Research
Notice Description
The Consumer Council is seeking to appoint a market research Supplier who can deliver insight on behalf of the Consumer Council that fully aligns to the organisation's statutory powers and objectives regarding understanding consumers and undertaking best practice research. The contract period will be for an initial period of one year with two options to extend for any period, up to and including, twelve months each, starting from the award of the contract. Suppliers should refer to the Specification Schedule for full detail on the requirements of this contract.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Initial contract period of one year with two options to extend for any period up to, and including, twelve months each.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06bd34
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059900-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
73210000 - Research consultancy services
73300000 - Design and execution of research and development
79300000 - Market and economic research; polling and statistics
79310000 - Market research services
79342000 - Marketing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £2,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 25 Jun 20262 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 27 Jul 20262 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 16 Aug 2026 - 16 Aug 2027 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CONSUMER COUNCIL FOR NORTHERN IRELAND
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT2 8EN
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN06 Belfast
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Sydenham
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast East
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059900-2026
25th June 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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