Research & development tenders in the UK

CPV category: Research & development services (73*)

We track 730 awarded research & development services contracts (CPV 73*) in the UK. 191 of them have a published end date between 7 Jan 2027 and 7 Apr 2028. The median published award value is £88k, and half of awards fall between £43k and £240k (723 awards with a value). 61 award notices in this category did not publish an end date.

Ending in 3-18 months191

Open tenders48

Median award£88k

Contracts tracked730

Contracts ending soonest (10 of 191)

Contract	Buyer	Incumbent supplier(s)	Value	Ends	Region
ES RDE 120 - Updating the assignment of MHC and EUNIS classification biotopes t call-off Find a Tender · CPV 73000000	Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs	PML Applications Ltd	£20k	8 Jan 2027 re-tender may already be under way	London
Demand determinant and Elasticities for English Higher Education Con_29296 call-off Contracts Finder · CPV 73000000	Department for Education	ALMA ECONOMICS LIMITED	£249k	13 Jan 2027 re-tender may already be under way	London
WP5 Social Science - The future of food regulation Find a Tender · CPV 73000000	Food Standards Agency	The Social Agency/Basis Social Limited	£50k	15 Jan 2027 re-tender may already be under way	Yorkshire and the Humber
PS25306 call-off Contracts Finder · CPV 73000000	UK Shared Business Services Limited	DAC Beachcroft LLP	£20k	25 Jan 2027 re-tender may already be under way	South West
2025-778 Sheep Genotyping Services Find a Tender · CPV 73111000	Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board	Neogen Europe Limited, Weatherbys Ireland Ltd	£312k	26 Jan 2027 re-tender may already be under way	West Midlands
Agile Delivery Management and Technical Support Find a Tender · CPV 73000000	Digital Health and Care Wales	REPLY LIMITED	£200k	27 Jan 2027 re-tender may already be under way	Wales
Research Services (Benchmarking the Value of XBRL and structured data in an AI-Driven Reporting Environment) Find a Tender · CPV 73200000	The Financial Reporting Council Limited	Lancaster University	£68k	27 Jan 2027 re-tender may already be under way	UK-wide
Underinvestment in Firms by Growth Stage Research Find a Tender · CPV 73210000	Department for Business & Trade	I.F.F Research Ltd	£65k	29 Jan 2027 re-tender may already be under way	UK-wide
Payments Tracing call-off Contracts Finder · CPV 73210000	H M Revenue & Customs	Experian Limited	£150k	31 Jan 2027 re-tender may already be under way	East of England
Supported Housing Needs Assessment and Supported Living Strategy Find a Tender · CPV 73000000	The Council of the City of Wakefield	INNER CIRCLE CONSULTING LIMITED	£76k	31 Jan 2027 re-tender may already be under way	Yorkshire and the Humber

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Open tenders (10 of 48)

Opportunity	Buyer	Value	Deadline	Region
Harnessing geological diversity for species recovery, ecological connectivity, and climate resilience Find a Tender · CPV 73210000	Natural England	£21k	7 Oct 2026, 14:00	UK-wide
Wrexham Library and Information Service Feasibility Study (Proc-26-128) Find a Tender · CPV 73210000	Wrexham County Borough Council	£70k	7 Oct 2026, 17:00	Wales
PQ0705 - Behavioural Systems Mapping Find a Tender · CPV 73000000	Birmingham City Council	£45k	8 Oct 2026, 12:00	West Midlands
AI Delivery Partner for Local Government Support Find a Tender · CPV 73300000	Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA)	£100k	8 Oct 2026, 16:00	London
Age-friendly Training SME-suitable Contracts Finder · CPV 73000000	Centre for Ageing Better Limited	£30k	8 Oct 2026, 17:00	London
Proposal Development Support for Applicants to EU Funding Opportunities Find a Tender · CPV 73100000	University of Nottingham (The)	£300k	9 Oct 2026, 12:00	East Midlands
DfT National Freight Model Find a Tender · CPV 73110000	Department for Transport	£1.9m	9 Oct 2026, 17:00	UK-wide
Proc-26-138 Childcare Sufficiency Assessment Find a Tender · CPV 73000000	Wrexham County Borough Council	£9,000	12 Oct 2026, 00:00	Wales
PS26195 - Futures Procurement Framework Find a Tender · CPV 73000000	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	£9.0m	12 Oct 2026, 11:00	London
1067273293 T1419 Creating neuroinclusive principles to maximise train driver performance Find a Tender · CPV 73110000	RSSB	£80k	12 Oct 2026, 12:00	London

All open tenders in this category

Expiring by quarter

Q1 2027 (128)Q2 2027 (25)Q3 2027 (17)Q4 2027 (13)Q1 2028 (16)Q2 2028 (10)

By region

Region	Contracts	Ending in window
London	203	54
South West	94	15
West Midlands	52	15
North West	52	16
Yorkshire and the Humber	30	9
South East	29	6
Wales	22	6
East Midlands	22	3
North East	17	4
East of England	16	4
Northern Ireland	12	2
Scotland	8	1

Top buyers

Buyer	Contracts	Value
Environment Agency	25	£6.7m
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS	24	£1.5m
National Highways Limited	22	£12.0m
DSIT	22	£8.4m
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED	22	£2.6m
Department for Education	20	£59.4m
Met Office	19	£58.2m
UK Research & Innovation	19	£1.1m
Natural England	19	£836k
Food Standards Agency	18	£4.0m

Most frequent incumbents

Supplier	Contracts	Value
University of Exeter	13	£135.7m
Ipsos (Market Research) Ltd	9	£31.5m
WSP UK Ltd	9	£5.0m
TUV SUD LTD	7	£10.5m
SQW Limited	7	£4.3m
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)	7	£708k
University of Birmingham	6	£58.5m
Ernst & Young LLP	6	£13.9m
University of Warwick	5	£77.3m
Ricardo-AEA Ltd	5	£7.3m

Sub-categories

Research and experimental development services (256)Research and development consultancy services (233)Design and execution of research and development (11)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder; updated every 2 hours. Where a notice doesn't publish a contract end date we show "end date not published" - we never guess.