Published date: 17 January 2024

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 13 February 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Social research services - 79315000

Location of contract

SW1P 3JR

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

CF-0223600D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

17 January 2024

Closing date

13 February 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

28 March 2024

Contract end date

27 March 2027

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Defra ("The Authority") has responsibility for delivering the Government's key strategic environmental aims, including the Environmental Improvement Plan 2023 and for its contribution to achieving Net Zero. Green choices, as described in these strategies, underpin the delivery of these aims and we have committed to "Enable all parts of society to play their part in line with our six principles for green choices" (Environmental Improvement Plan 2023).
Behavioural science provides vital insights into the mechanisms and reasons behind the behaviours of citizens, organisations and stakeholders and provides evidence-based solutions in response. Advice from behavioural scientists can help maximise the effectiveness of policy and delivery approaches.
Defra's Strategic Behavioural Insights Team is establishing a Behavioural Science Call-Off Framework which aims to maximise the effectiveness of policy and delivery in Defra group by ensuring they are informed by high quality behavioural science evidence. The Strategic Behavioural Insights Team is responsible for developing and embedding expertise in behavioural science within Defra and collaborating across the Defra group. Additionally, the team applies behavioural science across policy areas, working closely with policy, social research and other colleagues.
The Behavioural Science Call-Off Framework aims to enable rapid project assignment, minimise the time and resources required to commission individual projects and maximise the impact on policy development and operational delivery. The specific objectives, target behaviours and aims of each project within the contract will differ. This will be dependent on the brief from the commissioning project team. Each project will seek to understand different aspects of behaviour, which could include, for example:
• Assessing evidence gaps in the current behavioural science literature to recommend areas for future research.
• Developing user journeys to understand the barriers and enablers to behaviours at different touch points.
• Developing qualitative and quantitative insights to better understand the mechanisms of particular behaviours.
• Designing and evaluating evidence-based behavioural interventions, including real-world field trials, to understand the reasons behind their effect.

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About the buyer

Contact name

DGC

Address

Nobel House, 17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
GB

Telephone

00

Email

DGCEnquiries@defra.gov.uk