Department for Transport Shared Research, Evaluation and Analysis
- Buyer
- Department for Transport
- Value
- £7,500,000
- Closes
- 12 November 2026
- Where
- London
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
The Department for Transport is looking for research, evaluation and analysis suppliers to provide flexible, on-demand support across transport policy areas like buses, roads, freight, autonomous vehicles and traffic management. They plan to appoint up to three suppliers on a call-off contract with a maximum budget of £7.5 million over the contract term.
What the buyer wants
• Provide research, evaluation, economic analysis and analytical support across 20+ transport policy areas including active travel, road safety, autonomous vehicles, borders, and emerging technologies • Work flexibly on individual commissions as the Department's 80+ analysts request them • Deliver high-quality, timely reports and analysis across social research, statistics, behavioural science, economics, operational research and transport modelling
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
This contract heavily favours large research consultancies and universities with established teams of specialists; a solo trader or very small firm without substantial research capacity and track record of government contracts will almost certainly not be competitive, as the Department expects to call on multiple experts across numerous complex policy areas simultaneously.
How to bid
This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.
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