National Centre for Social Research

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From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

• Framework Contract Lot 3 Buyer: COLLEGE OF POLICING LIMITED £187,500 2026-08-26 Source: Find a Tender

  All services under Lot 3 - Technical Expertise of COP29_2024 Framework for Centre for Police Productivity Evaluation Partners

  Framework
• CCSN26A01 -The Provision of Pillars of Independent Living Focus Groups (P12320) Buyer: Government Commercial Agency £68,163 2026-08-03 CPV 73210000 Source: Contracts Finder

  The Buyer invites bids for qualitative research and analysis with disabled people focused around the 12 pillars of independent living. The research will focus on discussions with disabled people exploring their views on different areas of…
• Provision of Evidence Reviews and Secondary Data Analysis Buyer: Government Commercial Agency £1,500,000 2026-05-13 CPV 73110000 Source: Contracts Finder

  Provision of Evidence Reviews and Secondary Data Analysis
• T1187 Usability Testing Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX £59,983 2026-03-23 CPV 79311000 Source: Contracts Finder

  Please refer to the 'documents' tab for more information.
• Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers Con_3654 Buyer: Department for Education £2,109,290 2026-01-20 CPV 73000000 Source: Contracts Finder

  To manage the 2026, 2027 and 2028 waves of the Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers (SCEYP). These surveys will provide detailed, timely and relevant evidence to monitor and evaluate childcare and early years provision in Englan…
• National Travel Survey 2027+ Buyer: DfTc - Department for Transport £14,500,000 2026-01-20 CPV 79311400 Source: Contracts Finder

  National Travel Survey 2027+
• Defining and Quantifying Extra Support Needs Buyer: H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS £380,000 2025-11-03 CPV 79315000 Source: Contracts Finder

  HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) invited Suppliers from the Research & Insights DPS (RM6126) to undertake research aimed at defining and quantifying the extra support needs of HMRC customers and the impact of digitalisation on their support need…
• Impact Evaluation of the Offender Accommodation Pilot Buyer: Ministry of Justice £21,920 2025-10-13 CPV 73110000 Source: Contracts Finder

  Research services to complete the final stages of the impact evaluation for the 'Offender Accommodation Project', which aims to reduce reoffending and homelessness by providing accommodation and support to vulnerable prison leavers.
• PS25205 - Acas27410 - Evaluation of Acas Individual Conciliation Service Buyer: UK SBS £484,211 2025-10-13 CPV 73000000 Source: Contracts Finder

  ***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This procurement is being concluded following a mini competition under the CCS RM6126 Research & Insights DPS Brief Description of Requirement - Acas has a statutory dut…
• Gambling Survey for Great Britain Buyer: Gambling Commission £4,500,000 2025-10-01 CPV 73000000 Source: Contracts Finder

  The Gambling Commission is seeking to appoint a contractor to manage the the Gambling Survey for Great Britain over the next four years. Under section 26 of the Gambling Act 2005, the Commission has responsibility for collecting and disse…
• PS25165 - Supporting access to the benefits of climate policy: public perspectives Buyer: DESNZ £229,993 2025-09-19 CPV 73000000 Source: Contracts Finder

  **Please note this is an award notice, not a call for competition*** Department For Energy, Security & Net Zero had a requirement for Supporting access to the benefits of climate policy: public perspectives. This mini competition was run…
• Provision of Active Travel Portfolio Research and Evaluation Programme 2022+ Buyer: DfTc - Department for Transport £287,941 2025-09-10 CPV 73110000 Source: Contracts Finder

  Provision of Active Travel Portfolio Research and Evaluation Programme
• Homes England - Strategic Research, Evaluation and Economics Framework - MMC Housing Post-Occupancy Research Buyer: Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency) £130,000 2025-08-12 CPV 79000000 Source: Contracts Finder

  Homes England is looking to build a robust and detailed evidence base on the post occupancy performance of MMC homes. In-line with Homes England and MHCLG's MMC focus, for the purposes of this research, MMC homes will be those built using C…
• Provision of the Family Resources Survey (FRS) 2024 - 2027 Buyer: Office for National Statistics £13,500,000 2024-01-23 CPV 73110000 Source: Contracts Finder

  Provision of the Family Resources Survey (FRS) 2024 - 2027
• Provision of External Research Providers Buyer: NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

  The provision of External Research Providers. External Research Providers added to an approved supplier list which consists of the following four lots: Lot 1 - Methodological expertise: Quantitative Research including statistical, analytica…

About

What it does

Research and experimental development on social sciences and humanities

Incorporated

12/03/2002

Registered office

London

Also a registered charity

National Centre for Social Research

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

• Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £2,042,429 (7 grants)
• Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £429,710 (3 grants)
• Nesta ·

Most recent

• Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £250,1232023-02-16
• Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £131,2712022-11-08
• Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £48,3162022-07-15
• Nesta Amount not published2020-01-30
• Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £306,0542019-04-01

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.