# National Foundation for Educational Research \(NFER: UK public-sector contract awards

> Awards naming this organisation as the contract winner.

## Key facts

- Awards: 38
- Known award value: £9,334,729
- First award: 1 April 2013
- Latest award: 22 January 2026

## Top public buyers

- [Department For Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards): 36 awards
- [Department for Culture, Media and Sport](/buyers/department-for-culture-media-and-sport/contract-awards): 1 awards
- [Ofsted](/buyers/ofsted/contract-awards): 1 awards

## Contract awards

### [School Survey on thriving and inclusion Con\_36631](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-09ada387-fca0-4a17-a15b-2969058686ec)

Department for Education · £187,062 · 22 January 2026 · awarded

### [Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study 2027\_project\_9737](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-51929249-abeb-4415-a95a-1c5baae6e567)

Department for Education · £1,549,930 · 28 July 2025 · awarded

### [Standards and Testing Agency - Item Writing Call-Off - Contract Awarded](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-fcfec778-e97a-4a6e-a420-d9592d41f00f)

Department for Education · £93,418 · 21 August 2024 · awarded

### [STA 0159 - Reception Baseline Assessment - con\_5357 - contract extension/ variation](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-74ec0ab8-00e4-4d63-9769-ced6808eb75b)

Department for Education · £17,730,861 · 15 February 2024 · awarded

### [con\_24021 - STA0291 - Trialling Framework Call Off 06](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e73c4c60-5225-490a-9257-d19d9d7815d4)

Department for Education · £1,582,916 · 13 December 2023 · awarded

### [con\_24019 - STA0291 - Trialling Framework Call Off 05](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-bfb47363-c0e0-450d-86e5-d048fb08f6fa)

Department for Education · £995,508 · 13 December 2023 · awarded

### [Enrichment Partnerships Pilot Evaluation](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-65207828-e73e-48e7-b738-078b45f19787)

Department for Culture, Media and Sport · £319,939 · 3 November 2023 · awarded

### [Teacher Omnibus Survey](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-0576ac92-52bb-4928-b332-8164d5ce5dc9)

OFSTED · £12,000 · 12 June 2023 · awarded

### [Trialling Call Off 02 - NFER con\_17911](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-1362675f-f745-434e-a3db-15c104d48f67)

Department for Education · £1,589,721 · 20 December 2022 · awarded

### [Trialling Call Off 01 - NFER con\_17910](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-87f5dd77-1d4b-4a74-9aab-da524f0b5a9a)

Department for Education · £2,105,182 · 20 December 2022 · awarded

### [Provision of Item Writing Services for Key Stage 2 English Reading Con\_17317](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-0e77163d-5eff-4f3e-a5e8-a984454de3a7)

Department for Education · £175,532 · 28 September 2022 · awarded

### [Provision of Item Writing Services - Key Stage 1 Reading](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-f5fdd76b-9d97-456a-b11d-822364b29d85)

Department for Education · £194,871 · 28 September 2022 · awarded

### [What Works in Education Technology, Stage 3 - Deep Dive - Remote Education \(con\_13021\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e3f728b7-9d03-46ae-b522-1e6aa748c625)

Department For Education · £57,880 · 2 December 2021 · awarded

### [Evaluation of Year 2 of the National Tutoring Prog 20-21/055 Con\_11616](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-3f8170ba-c845-401e-9b7c-e4798422fe71)

Department for Education · £500,000 · 26 August 2021 · awarded

### [SMC-2021-18 Data for Social Mobility Contract \(NFER\) \(con\_7991\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-f084e4b2-b204-4955-bb1a-e6bb9e7b84c6)

Department For Education · £28,984 · 10 March 2021 · awarded

### [Provision of Item Writing Services for Key Stage 1 English Reading](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-6d944a8d-09c8-4698-907a-fc8bebce138a)

Department For Education · £0 · 22 February 2018 · awarded

### [Provision of Item Writing Services for Key Stage 1 English Reading](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-52a4ef0c-9bc8-493c-835a-aa5bdc12010a)

Department For Education · £0 · 22 February 2018 · awarded

### [Provision of Item Writing Services for Key Stage 2 Mathematics Call-off Contract](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-bb685875-aa32-4649-8b27-5c98b4dd6a8b)

Department For Education · £87,517 · 22 December 2017 · awarded

### [Provision of Item Writing Services for Key Stage 1 Mathematics Call-off Contract](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-035ddb71-4216-4c27-92b3-3c1be53ed9a8)

Department For Education · £46,300 · 22 December 2017 · awarded

### [Provision of Item Writing Services for Key Stage 2 English Reading Hard Texts Call-off Contract](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c48e835b-7942-422f-b3a5-187f38bea0fc)

Department For Education · £81,533 · 19 May 2017 · awarded

### [Provision of Item Writing Services for Key Stage 1 English Reading](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-2d6c5695-3174-4203-8fb3-5004ad11f875)

Department For Education · £85,902 · 20 April 2017 · awarded

### [Provision of Item Writing Services for Skills Tests Literacy Work Package 1](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-efe8fccd-dcc3-42ed-a733-2ce6e62b42a5)

Department For Education · £51,521 · 25 April 2017 · awarded

### [Trialling Call-Off 27: Key Stage 1 Item Validation Trial April 2017](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-5243ad6f-454e-472f-8aa3-5b36caea7a5a)

Department For Education · £606,925 · 30 November 2016 · awarded

### [Provision of Item Writing Services for Skills Tests Literacy Work Package 1](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-aa28efd6-9e3a-43a7-89e9-2cbde3bc468e)

Department For Education · £51,521 · 25 April 2017 · awarded

### [Provision of Item Writing Services for Key Stage 1 English Reading](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-f320920b-76f3-456c-abb3-a4d41b911fda)

Department For Education · £85,902 · 20 April 2017 · awarded

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