PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Independent Validation of the HBAI Statistics

Department for Work and Pensions · published 13 Oct 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID88bf25bd-e9cd-4950-aac4-e76b6f9fadd8-917546
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-de9ccc30-6352-44a8-825f-5ad1cfa9b3ce
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-326641
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£326,445
award field
Tender value
£326,445
tender field
Procurement method
Open procedure (above threshold)
Category
services
CPV
79315000
Social research services
Delivery
Not stated
SW1H 9NA
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Independent validation and quality assurance of DWPs Households Below Average Income (HBAI) statistics and associated datasets for specific published years.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

Source-date conflictAt least one reported end date precedes its corresponding start date. Check the official notice before using the schedule.
  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release13 Oct 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published11 Oct 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published26 Aug 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published11 Oct 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published11 Oct 2029
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

Published name only

Institute for Fiscal Studies

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 13 Oct 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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