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    ContractsResearch and Analysis Services for Roads and Freight Policy
    Open tender

    Research and Analysis Services for Roads and Freight Policy

    Contract value
    £7.5m
    Published 11 Jun 2026

    The Department for Transport is establishing a Framework agreement to source research, analysis, and evaluation services on roads and freight policy.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· EnglandPublished 11 Jun 2026· 2 months agoviaFind a Tender
    Contract value
    £7.5m
    Published 11 Jun 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      £7,500,000indicative
      Pounds sterling
    • Closing date
      Rolling
      No closing date published
    • Sector
      Research & Innovation
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      England

    Lifecycle

    Open

    Open tender — no closing date published. Opened 2 months ago.

    11 June 2026
    Open tender · no closing date published

    Brief

    The Department for Transport seeks suppliers to provide social research, monitoring, evaluation, and economic analysis services to support internal research teams in the roads and freight sector. This Framework agreement will use a call-off approach (potentially taxi-rank style) to allocate individual commissions to suppliers as needed throughout the contract period. Required capabilities include: primary qualitative and quantitative research, secondary data analysis, evidence reviews, process and impact evaluation, value-for-money assessments, and economic analysis (including literature reviews, cost-benefit analysis, and modelling). Suppliers must have or be able to access transport-related subject matter expertise, which may be provided through sub-contracting arrangements. Deliverables from this Framework will directly inform transport policy decisions and build the evidence base across multiple transport policy areas. This is a reprocurement opportunity for established providers.

    Track record

    5 awards · 5 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In research innovation, Department for Transport has awarded 5 contracts to 5 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. ELECTRICITY NORTH WEST LIMITED1× · 20%
    2. Urban Transport Group1× · 20%
    3. THE CHAMBER OF SHIPPING LIMITED1× · 20%
    4. Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc1× · 20%
    5. Phylum Forge1× · 20%

    Across research innovation, the most active winners are IPSOS MARKET RESEARCH LIMITED, WSP UK LIMITED, IFF RESEARCH LIMITED — the field to beat, or your route in as a partner.

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    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-06b362
    DF
    Buyer
    Department for Transport
    Sector
    Research & Innovation