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title: "Mintel Subscription"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e7d7"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Department for Business & Trade"
published: "2026-08-19"
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# Mintel Subscription

Buyer: Department for Business & Trade  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e7d7

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## Summary

The Department for Business & Trade procured a corporate subscription to Mintel’s market research, insight and analysis services. The subscription is intended to help the department identify export opportunities more quickly, spot risks across international markets earlier and provide UK businesses with stronger evidence. The requirement is a data service, classified under CPV 72300000. The buying organisation is a central government department, and the service supports its work from London across relevant markets. The selected provider is Mintel Group Limited, whose platform and research content form the substance of the requirement. This is therefore relevant to suppliers providing established market intelligence platforms, international business research, economic or sector analysis, and evidence that can support public-sector export and trade policy decisions.

This procurement is complete and was awarded to Mintel Group Limited on 19 August 2026. It used a direct award procedure, with the buyer stating that the service is obtainable only through the Mintel website and that no competition or equivalent service is available. The procurement comprised one completed lot. The award value is £177,072 excluding VAT and £212,486.40 including VAT. The contract period is 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2028, with signature scheduled by 31 August 2026. The award is above the applicable threshold. The published evaluation basis was the availability of the required service from a single supplier for technical reasons, rather than a competitive assessment of competing bids.

For a supplier assessing future demand from this buyer, the award demonstrates a substantial requirement for a specialist, organisation-wide market intelligence subscription rather than a one-off research commission. A credible competitor would need broad, reliable coverage of international markets, export opportunities, commercial risks and relevant sectors, supported by regularly updated research, practical insight and analysis that government teams can use in policy and business-support decisions. The Mintel award also indicates that the successful solution must be sufficiently distinctive to justify a single-supplier route, or clearly demonstrate an equivalent level of depth, usability and evidence. Suppliers should therefore be able to show a mature research platform, authoritative data, experienced analysts, strong content quality and the capacity to support a central government department across multiple markets and users.

## Notice

Corporate subscription to Mintel (https://www.mintel.com/) which provides market research, insight and analysis, allowing the department to identify export opportunities faster, spot risks earlier across markets, and support UK businesses with stronger evidence.

### Procurement Information

The service is obtainable only through the Mintel website; there is no competition or equivalent service available.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079120-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 19 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £177,072 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Department for Business & Trade |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1A 2DY |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Mintel Group Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 72300000 - Data services

## Release History

- 19 Aug 2026 at 15:37 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079120-2026
- 19 Aug 2026 at 15:11 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079096-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079120-2026
  19th August 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079096-2026
  19th August 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.mintel.com/

## Provenance

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