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title: "Personal finance journalist survey"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06dd8e"
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# Personal finance journalist survey

Buyer: NS&I  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06dd8e

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## Summary

NS&I procured a personal finance journalist survey, a market research service for the United Kingdom. The work is intended to provide robust tracking of journalists’ attitudes and opinions about NS&I, its reputation and media relations, the factors driving those views, and how NS&I compares with key financial-provider competitors. The research covers journalists who write about personal finance and savings. The sample is expected to include a range of important publication and media types, including national and regional newspapers, periodicals, online outlets, broadcast media, and newswires or agencies. NS&I is the central government organisation buying and using the service, with delivery covering the United Kingdom. The requirement is therefore suited to research providers with relevant financial-services and media-sector capability.

The procurement has been completed and awarded through a direct, below-threshold procedure without competition. IPSOS MORI UK LIMITED was selected for the single lot, with the award active. The award date was 3 July 2026, and the contract was signed on the same date. The contract runs from 3 July 2026 to 2 July 2027. Its value is £16,324 excluding VAT, or £19,588.80 including VAT. The stated procurement category is services, with the requirement classified as market research. The process was evaluated through the buyer’s direct-award route rather than a competitive tender. The contract remains active, and the recorded outcome identifies IPSOS MORI UK LIMITED as the appointed supplier for the personal finance journalist survey.

This procurement indicates demand from NS&I for structured, repeatable insight into the reputation of a financial-services organisation among specialist journalists. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need to design and run tracking research with robust sampling of personal finance and savings journalists across national, regional, periodical, online, broadcast and newswire or agency media. Relevant strengths would include market research design, questionnaire development, fieldwork with hard-to-reach professional audiences, analysis of attitudes and reputation drivers, and clear comparison with competing financial providers. Experience translating findings into useful media-relations insight would also be valuable. Providers able to combine UK-wide coverage with consistent measurement over time would be well placed to demonstrate capability for this buyer’s requirement.

## Notice

NS&I needs to understand journalists' attitudes and opinions of NS&I, in terms of reputation and media relations, what is driving this and how NS&I compares to their key financial providers competitors. The survey should include a range of types of key publications e.g. nationals, regional, periodicals, online, broadcast, (newswire/agency). To meet this requirement, NS&I requires a tracking survey which gives robust understanding of the views of journalists, who write about personal finance and savings in UK.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074668-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 6 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 3 Jul 2026 |
| Contract period | 3 Jul 2026 - 2 Jul 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £16,324 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NS&I |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South East London |
| Postcode | SE1 9HA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark |
| Local authority | Southwark |
| Electoral ward | Borough & Bankside |
| Westminster constituency | Bermondsey and Old Southwark |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | IPSOS MORI UK LIMITED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79310000 - Market research services

## Release History

- 6 Aug 2026 at 12:17 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074668-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074668-2026
  6th August 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.ipsos.com/en-us
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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