Published date: 11 December 2025

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


Closing: 29 October 2025, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Social research services - 79315000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£75,000

Procurement reference

CF-0582000D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

11 December 2025

Closing date

29 October 2025

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

30 October 2025

Contract end date

20 March 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Forest Research (FR) is the research agency of the Forestry Commission (FC) and Great Britain's principal organisation for forestry and tree-related research. Forest Research is internationally renowned for the provision of science, research, evidence, data and services in support of sustainable forestry. FR is divided into numerous Science Groups, each of which oversees research being undertaken by the agency in specific fields.

The Society and Environment Research Group (SERG) is the agency's social science division. SERG provides world-leading and cutting edge research into every aspect of how people in Britain interact with trees and woodlands, including biosecurity behaviours, land management practices, the drivers and barriers to woodland creation, and interactions between humans and wildlife in forests.

One of the agency's core Programmes - led by SERG - has been to explore the Societal benefits of trees, woods, and forests. SERG has published a wide range of evidence regarding perspectives on, and experiences of British treescapes, including pioneering longitudinal polling that tracks public opinions on forests, and how forests are accessed . However, dedicated work on how these sentiments differ with regard to commercial plantations - as opposed to natural, or semi-natural woodland - has not yet been undertaken. It is also unclear how preferences regarding the look and feel of a landscape - something that different styles of forest management can influence substantially - might in turn foster more positive attitudes and behaviour.

Award information

Awarded date

29 October 2025

Contract start date

30 October 2025

Contract end date

20 March 2026

Total value of contract

£75,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Behavioural Insights Team

Address

58 Victoria Embankment EC4Y 0DS

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

DGC

Address

2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
United Kingdom

Email

procurment@defra.gov.uk