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title: "Provision of Public Consultation and Engagement Services for the UISPC"
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# Provision of Public Consultation and Engagement Services for the UISPC

Buyer: NHS England  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7e823320-0353-4ea3-8fc9-2da62d37a5e0

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## Summary

NHS England commissioned public consultation and engagement services for the Unified Information Standard for Protected Characteristics (UISPC), a Department of Health and Social Care programme to modernise equality monitoring across the NHS in England. The work supports an inclusive consultation on UISPC proposals, tests and refines them with the public, identifies risks and implementation challenges, and informs the next steps towards adopting a consistent and effective equality monitoring framework. It falls within market and economic research, polling and statistics services (CPV 79300000), with delivery in England and an identified location in Leeds. The procurement is for services and is relevant to organisations experienced in public engagement, consultation and research for health or public-sector programmes.

This procurement has been completed and awarded. NHS England selected I.F.F RESEARCH LIMITED on 26 August 2026. The award value is £148,800, against an estimated procurement value of £155,000. The contract runs from 1 September 2026 to 30 June 2027. The tender submission deadline was 20 July 2026 at 12:00. It used a selective procedure as a call-off from a dynamic purchasing system. The contract covers one requirement rather than separate lots. The opportunity was identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and was evaluated through the stated procurement route for the UISPC consultation and engagement requirement.

This award demonstrates NHS demand for specialist research and engagement to support equality monitoring policy across the NHS in England. A credible future supplier would need to design and deliver inclusive public consultation, engage a wide range of affected communities, gather and analyse evidence, and translate findings into practical advice on policy refinement and implementation. Relevant capability includes market research, polling, qualitative and quantitative research, stakeholder engagement, risk identification and clear reporting for health or public-sector decision-makers. Suppliers should be able to manage sensitive protected-characteristics issues responsibly, work at national programme scale, and operate through a dynamic purchasing system call-off route. The award to an SME indicates that a suitably capable smaller research or engagement business can compete for this type of requirement.

## Notice

The Unified Information Standard for Protected Characteristics (UISPC) public consultation and engagement (UISPC) is a Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)-commissioned programme to modernise equality monitoring across the NHS in England. This engagement seeks to support an inclusive public consultation, test and refine UISPC proposals, identify risks and implementation challenges, and inform next steps toward adopting a consistent and effective equality monitoring framework.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6fad8161-27f2-4d3a-b328-03f7b85752c7 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Dynamic |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 26 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Sep 2026 - 30 Jun 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £155,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £148,800 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS England |
| Locality | LEEDS |
| Postcode area | Leeds |
| Postcode | LS1 4AP |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE42 Leeds |
| Local authority | Leeds |
| Electoral ward | Hunslet & Riverside |
| Westminster constituency | Leeds South |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | IFF Research |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79300000 - Market and economic research; polling and statistics

## Release History

- 8 Sep 2026 at 12:07 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6fad8161-27f2-4d3a-b328-03f7b85752c7

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6fad8161-27f2-4d3a-b328-03f7b85752c7
  8th September 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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