# National centre for Social Research: UK public-sector contract awards

> Awards naming this organisation as the contract winner.

## Key facts

- Awards: 129
- Known award value: £71,178,361
- First award: 1 December 2011
- Latest award: 3 August 2026

## Top public buyers

- [Ministry of Justice](/buyers/ministry-of-justice/contract-awards): 11 awards
- [UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED](/buyers/uk-shared-business-services-limited/contract-awards): 11 awards
- [Crown Commercial Service](/buyers/crown-commercial-service/contract-awards): 8 awards
- [Department for Culture, Media and Sport](/buyers/department-for-culture-media-and-sport/contract-awards): 7 awards
- [H M Revenue & Customs](/buyers/h-m-revenue-customs/contract-awards): 7 awards

## Contract awards

### [CCSN26A01 -The Provision of Pillars of Independent Living Focus Groups \(P12320\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ae30936b-b19b-4b82-ad9c-a34b944d4655)

Government Commercial Agency · £68,163 · 3 August 2026 · awarded

### [Provision of Evidence Reviews and Secondary Data Analysis](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-41fd6254-d0c8-4807-af19-2ad37f0cff55)

Government Commercial Agency · £1,500,000 · 13 May 2026 · awarded

### [T1187 Usability Testing](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-eb97d446-682e-4414-9113-174144eb8e58)

UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX · £59,983 · 23 March 2026 · awarded

### [Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers Con\_3654](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-9cf973dc-3592-4f57-9619-5bd405da0a6e)

Department for Education · £2,109,290 · 20 January 2026 · awarded

### [National Travel Survey 2027\+](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-a2af24be-8911-466d-afde-1bb68444137a)

DfTc - Department for Transport · £14,500,000 · 20 January 2026 · awarded

### [RDE998 - Literature Review: What factors mediate wellbeing impacts on CBRN opera](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-3dad3551-33fa-4f30-8995-adcaf4975891)

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · £48,000 · 8 January 2026 · awarded

### [RDE965 - Assessing the impact of a short film about lowland raised bogs in Cumbr](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-5717de48-2d66-4f96-a73b-e80777d46af7)

Natural England · £33,096 · 27 January 2025 · awarded

### [RDE908 - Improving understanding of the use of private finance to support delive](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-1e33392c-a263-4aa8-8859-33157702b844)

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · £73,693 · 9 December 2025 · awarded

### [RDE869 - Evaluation of the River Walks Demonstrator Project](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-4528e946-01be-411c-9ccb-f9b750a9b026)

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · £49,635 · 7 November 2025 · awarded

### [RDE952 - The People and Nature Survey's for England - Analysing children's data](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-de9b12ef-6991-4d37-8503-cfcb9ec8fb45)

Natural England · £41,621 · 13 November 2025 · awarded

### [Gambling Survey for Great Britain](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-65ff9bad-946d-42e3-a699-fb46972bc8fe)

Gambling Commission · £4,500,000 · 1 October 2025 · awarded

### [PS25205 - Acas27410 - Evaluation of Acas Individual Conciliation Service](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-7f704910-694e-4f6c-90b0-963402753e0c)

UK SBS · £484,211 · 13 October 2025 · awarded

### [Impact Evaluation of the Offender Accommodation Pilot](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-a5d6c964-2170-4268-b72e-2262f31f4f8e)

Ministry of Justice · £21,920 · 13 October 2025 · awarded

### [Provision of Active Travel Portfolio Research and Evaluation Programme 2022\+](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c9ff395b-d06c-45b7-b7d1-62a0672c9ff2)

DfTc - Department for Transport · £287,941 · 10 September 2025 · awarded

### [RDE875 - The People and Nature Survey for England - Analysis of People's Engagem](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-68fdf5c1-bce5-467a-ab4c-4ce85ef9df2d)

Natural England · £57,915 · 29 August 2025 · awarded

### [Homes England - Strategic Research, Evaluation and Economics Framework - MMC Housing Post-Occupancy Research](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-8d567336-825c-4e5f-aaff-12cd90c17068)

Homes England \(the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency\) · £130,000 · 12 August 2025 · awarded

### [Ministry of Justice - Evaluation Pre-requisites: Research into Group Victim Support Interventions](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-5bba8da5-0ceb-4934-aae8-5bdd86c0fa93)

Ministry of Justice · £179,184 · 10 July 2025 · awarded

### [International Comparisons of Disability Benefits & Disability Employment Support - Literature Review](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-156d4f41-7604-49d3-836e-e2419d6acb9c)

Department for Work and Pensions · £34,821 · 7 July 2025 · awarded

### [Provision of Disability Research](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-a39d3641-317c-4a9a-9398-c67f349b1631)

Crown Commercial Service · £1,000,000 · 16 April 2025 · awarded

### [Continuous Refinement of the Gambling Survey of Great Britain](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-252e8fac-ca38-4870-8905-1e609405ca55)

Gambling Commission · £150,000 · 31 January 2025 · awarded

### [The Walking and Cycling Index Residents' Survey 2025](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ccd3925b-a589-4a29-b488-f948ed8d7e44)

SUSTRANS · £599,931 · 9 December 2024 · awarded

### [Supply of Research on the Limb \(b\) Worker Population](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-584a745f-f7b3-4517-9237-00c02ab6e721)

Department for Business and Trade · £234,211 · 31 January 2025 · awarded

### [Provision of Disability Foresight Research](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-84c7f956-bf23-41a2-bd9c-26f9214c037b)

Crown Commercial Service · £50,000 · 23 January 2025 · awarded

### [Move On Evaluation](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e47a760d-ed92-4733-9e4a-5b011795a2d8)

Home Office · £128,358 · 21 January 2025 · awarded

### [Systematic Evidence Review on What Works for Disadvantaged Groups](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c576cfc7-3ed0-4dd9-a476-03e3684bb70a)

Department for Work and Pensions · £94,999 · 2 September 2024 · awarded

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