PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Industry Portfolio Research Tool (IPRT)

Department for Business and Trade · published 12 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 IDbbb9ef34-2509-40b6-a3f2-dcc684b198d7-917353
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-54594555-093b-4c25-8e43-18d0471f24cf
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-307868
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
£900,000
award field
Tender value
£900,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
Category
services
CPV
73110000
Research services
Delivery
Not stated
SW1A 2DY
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Delivery of the Industry Portfolio Research Tool (IPRT) for the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), comprising business surveys, qualitative research and responsive research commissions to provide evidence on how businesses understand and manage product safety responsibilities, supporting policy development, regulatory delivery and evaluation activities. The contract was awarded via the Government Commercial Agency RM6126 Research & Insights Dynamic Purchasing System. It runs for an initial period of four years, from 28 September 2026 to 27 September 2030, with an option to extend by up to six months. Any extension is for time only and does not increase the maximum contract value of £750,000 (excluding VAT).

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 release12 Oct 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published27 Sept 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published10 Aug 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published27 Sept 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published27 Sept 2030
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.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 12 Oct 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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