Published date: 27 April 2022

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 17 September 2021, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£63,066.50

Procurement reference

CPD4122086

Published date

27 April 2022

Closing date

17 September 2021

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

20 September 2021

Contract end date

31 August 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

In 2019, Government let a contract with Kantar Public to help Government to design and trial a reservation agreement which buyers and sellers of homes could use. The purpose of this research was two-fold, Firstly, to determine whether consumers and industry would be willing to make use of reservation agreements and then secondly and only providing that Kantar could demonstrate industry and consumer support, for Kantar to carry out a trial of reservation agreements. Once this trial had been concluded, Government could then make a determination about an appropriate way forward.

Kantar successfully completed the first phase of their research carrying out research with industry and consumers. At the start of 2020, they submitted a report to MHCLG (now DLUHC) which summarised their findings and recommended that the work should proceed to a formal trial. In early March 2020, Ministers agreed that this work should proceed to a trial. However, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the housing market and then the subsequent recovery sparked by a stamp duty holiday distorted the level of transactions and meant that a trial during 2020 was not possible.

This Contract covers the resumption of this work and the start of a trial of reservation agreements. For the purposes of continuity, Kantar were commissioned to continue/conclude the work.

Award information

Awarded date

3 March 2022

Contract start date

20 September 2021

Contract end date

31 August 2022

Total value of contract

£63,066.50

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

KANTAR PUBLIC UK LIMITED

Address

6 More London Place
LONDON
SE1 2QY
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 13663077

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

2 Marsham Street
LONDON
SW1P4DF
England

Email

commercial@levellingup.gov.uk