Published date: 4 November 2025

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


Closing: 22 September 2025, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £500,000

Procurement reference

tender_503308/1529239

Published date

4 November 2025

Closing date

22 September 2025

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

3 November 2025

Contract end date

30 April 2027

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established dynamic purchasing system.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION *****

This procurement is being concluded following a mini competition under the CCS RM6126 Research & Insights DPS

Brief Description of Requirement
- Acas has a statutory duty to promote resolution of Employment Tribunal (ET) claims to avoid full tribunal hearings. Acas calls this service Individual Conciliation (IC) to distinguish it from our service for collective disputes. In April 2014 the Early Conciliation (EC) launched under a new requirement to Section 18 of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996. This requires prospective claimants "to contact Acas before instituting proceedings" in response to which Acas must "endeavour to promote a settlement between the persons who would be parties to the proceeding". In most cases, before lodging a claim with the Tribunal, the claimant must first 'notify' Acas, who will try to help both parties resolve the dispute via EC. If EC fails to achieve a resolution and the claimant proceeds to lodge a claim with the Employment Tribunal, post-ET1 conciliation is still offered.

Award information

Awarded date

13 October 2025

Contract start date

3 November 2025

Contract end date

30 April 2027

Total value of contract

£484,211

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH

Address

rd 3 Floor (Tiller), Tiller & Lock, 250 City Road, London, EC1V 2AB

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Polaris House, North Star Aveneue
Swindon
SN2 1FF
England

Email

professionalservices@uksbs.co.uk