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    ContractsUser Research Recruitment Services
    Awarded contract

    User Research Recruitment Services

    Status
    Awarded
    Published 20 Jul 2026

    Award notice for user research recruitment services specializing in participant sourcing and scheduling for research studies, including hard-to-reach populations.

    🇬🇧United KingdomPublished 20 Jul 2026· 2 months agoviaContracts Finder
    Status
    Awarded
    Published 20 Jul 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      Not disclosed
      Source did not declare a figure
    • Tender closed
      18 Jun 2026
      3 months ago
    • Sector
      Research & Innovation
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom

    Suppliers

    1 supplier
    • DR
      DISCOVERY RESEARCH LIMITED
    Lead contractor

    Lifecycle

    Awarded

    Contract awarded. Originally published 2 months ago.

    20 Jul 2026Today18 Jun 2026

    Brief

    This is an award notice for user research recruitment services concluded following a mini-competition under the CCS RM6126 Research & Insights framework. The successful supplier will provide specialized user research recruitment services, including sourcing, screening, and scheduling of research participants who meet specific research criteria. Services may include recruitment from hard-to-reach or niche user groups, and support research activities such as qualitative and quantitative studies, case studies, performance analysis, impact assessment, and impact evaluation. This is not an open call for competition.

    Track record

    15 awards · 12 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In research innovation, DSIT has awarded 15 contracts to 12 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. Perspective Economics Limited3× · 20%
    2. TECHNOPOLIS LIMITED2× · 13%
    3. DISCOVERY RESEARCH LIMITED1× · 7%
    4. Avella Security Limited1× · 7%
    5. IN4 Group1× · 7%
    6. IPSOS MARKET RESEARCH LIMITED1× · 7%

    +6 more suppliers

    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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    Award notice and full record on the publisher's site

    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    contractsfinder.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    5dd4214c-054f-4b68-b832-d145aa32cf69-907258
    DS
    Buyer
    DSIT
    Sector
    Research & Innovation