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title: "Designing Pro-Competitive Interventions: Evidence on Market Shaping, Economic Security, and Investment"
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# Designing Pro-Competitive Interventions: Evidence on Market Shaping, Economic Security, and Investment

Buyer: Department for Business and Trade  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f8e1

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## Summary

The Department for Business & Trade commissioned a research and consultancy programme on how businesses respond to market-shaping interventions, economic security measures and investment incentives. The work covers approximately 50–70 business interviews across five sectors, followed by reports, datasets and presentations to inform future policy development. This is a public-sector research service rather than a goods supply or construction project. Delivery is across the United Kingdom. The relevant commercial capability is applied economic research and related consultancy, including designing research programmes, gathering evidence from businesses, analysing responses to government interventions and producing clear outputs for policy teams. Organisations with experience in market analysis, economic security, investment incentives and business engagement would find the requirement most closely aligned with their work.

This procurement has been completed and awarded through a below-threshold direct award without competition. It comprised one lot. LSE Enterprise Ltd was selected as the supplier, and the contract was signed on 11 September 2026. The contract runs from 14 September 2026 to 31 March 2027, with an option for the Department for Business & Trade to extend it by up to two months, to a maximum date of 31 May 2027, subject to written notice. The contract value is £112,500 excluding VAT and £135,000 including VAT. The service category is research and development services and related consultancy services. The contract is active and the procurement is complete.

The award shows demand for policy-focused research that combines business engagement with economic analysis and practical outputs for central government. A credible competitor for a future requirement of this kind would need to recruit and conduct around 50–70 structured interviews across several sectors, draw reliable evidence from businesses, and interpret how firms respond to market-shaping measures, economic security requirements and investment incentives. It would also need the capacity to turn research findings into authoritative reports, usable datasets and presentations for policy development. Strong capability in applied economic research, stakeholder access, qualitative interviewing, cross-sector analysis and communicating findings to government decision-makers would be commercially relevant. The scale calls for an established research team able to manage a multi-sector programme and deliver several output formats.

## Notice

A programme of research examining business responses to market-shaping interventions, economic security measures and investment incentives, including approximately 50-70 business interviews across five sectors and the production of reports, datasets and presentations to inform future policy development.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086758-2026 |
| 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 | 14 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 14 Sep 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £112,500 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Department for Business and 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 | LSE Enterprise Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

## Release History

- 14 Sep 2026 at 11:02 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086758-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086758-2026
  14th September 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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