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Local Government's Role in Attracting Investment
The Local Government Association wants research into how local governments can attract investment effectively. The work involves reviewing good practice strategies and examining four influencing factors: devolution, funding flexibility, political leadership, and cross-tier connectivity.
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Welsh Government - 'When I am Ready’ scheme evaluation
Welsh Government wants an evaluation of its 'When I am Ready' scheme. The evaluation will assess how the scheme is working and its outcomes.
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Cable Landing Station Security Guidance
Write security guidance for cable landing station operators covering physical and cyber protective measures. Deliver a written report, presentation, and evidence compendium jointly overseen by DSIT, NCSC and NPSA.
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Water Quality Research and Catchment Planning in the River Wye.
Defra and Welsh Government want a research project investigating pollution sources in the River Wye catchment and testing farming practices and land management changes to improve water quality. The work uses a 'living labs' approach with local stakeholders and should produce transferable findings for other catchments.
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Regional Mapping of Clean Energy Jobs and Skills
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority needs a consultant to map clean energy jobs and skills across the Greater South East Net Zero Hub area. The work involves reviewing existing studies and data on workforce needs, identifying what questions can be answered with current evidence, and flagging where new research is needed.
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Provision of Adjustment Factors for the Valuation of NIHE Housing Stock
The Northern Ireland Housing Executive needs adjustment factors calculated for valuing its housing stock. This is a one-off consultancy project to provide the mathematical or statistical factors used to adjust valuations across the portfolio.
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Housing Stock Condition Modelling Report
Sefton Council wants a report modelling the condition and characteristics of the borough's 132,287 housing units, with particular focus on private sector stock. The work must be completed within three months.
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Digital Inclusion Multiplier effect research for local government
The LGA wants research to evidence the multiplier effect and economic impact of dedicated digital inclusion roles in councils. The main deliverable is an economic model and supporting qualitative evidence that councils can use for business cases and investment decisions.
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Sport Wales Service Mapping Project
Sport Wales needs someone to map their services across the organisation, showing how they connect, where gaps or duplication exists, and where improvements would help most. The output should be visual service maps or a catalogue that helps the organisation move from reactive to strategic planning.
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Data & Insight Alpha Project
Sport Wales needs technical support to build and test a data pipeline (ingestion, cleaning, storage, reporting), and guidance on their organization's readiness and capability to adopt it. The work spans both software development and understanding data culture, processes, and governance.
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1006978201 T1407 Ventilation improvements to existing stations
RSSB wants research to identify and test effective ways to improve air flow and air quality in railway stations, with a pilot study at Birmingham New Street Station to develop recommendations for wider GB application.
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Exploring public views to inform the GMC Personal beliefs and medical practice guidance review
The GMC wants research to test proposed changes to guidance on personal beliefs and medical practice. The work involves consulting a representative cross-section of the public to ensure the revised guidance reflects public expectations of medical professionals.
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Programme Management Office for the NI Smart Meter Programme
The Utility Regulator Northern Ireland needs a supplier to establish a Programme Management Office for the smart meter rollout programme. You'll develop governance procedures, a detailed programme plan, and provide ongoing programme management support.
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Investigating Legume Allergy in the UK
The FSA wants a 12-month study on legume allergy in the UK, covering evidence review, food product mapping, and a feasibility assessment of social media analytics for consumer insights. The work concludes with a comprehensive final report.
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MTC for Planned Preventive Maintenance of Fire & Security
Planned preventive maintenance of fire alarms, intruder systems, access control, CCTV, panic alarms, radio fire alarms, fire suppression and VESDA systems across Dumfries and Galloway Council properties. This is a measured term contract.
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Rapid assessment of historic environment provision and advice in Defra’s Landscape Recovery Schemes - UID 206
Historic England wants a survey and report on how heritage advice and assessments are being used in Defra's Landscape Recovery scheme projects. You'll conduct stakeholder interviews, speak to heritage contractors, and produce findings with recommendations on good practice.
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Made Smarter Consultancy
Norfolk County Council needs a contractor to deliver the Made Smarter East of England programme, working with regional manufacturing and engineering SMEs to produce digital roadmaps, assess digital readiness, and identify growth strategies and manufacturing barriers over 12 months.
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Towards A National Collection – Digitisation Capability Pilot for N-RICH Prototype
Historic Environment Scotland is piloting digitisation capability for N-RICH, a national collections prototype. The work involves developing and testing digital systems as part of a broader national collection initiative.
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1008157290 T1414 Testing the feasibility of the use of solar reflective solutions on rolling stock
RSSB is seeking research to test whether solar reflective coatings can reduce internal temperatures in passenger trains, cut HVAC energy use, and improve component durability. The work covers benchmarking existing paint systems, selecting and trialling solar reflective alternatives in a box trial, and producing a business case.
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Youth Guarantee Trailblazer - Project Evaluation
The West of England Combined Authority needs an independent evaluation of the Youth Guarantee Trailblazer programme. The work will assess how the regional pilot integrates education, training, and employment support for young people, and produce evidence for national policy development.
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Water Matters & NAV Survey
CCW is looking for a supplier to run Water Matters, a large-scale tracking survey of household water and sewerage customers across England and Wales. The survey now needs to include customers of independent NAV (New Appointments and Variations) companies alongside the incumbent providers.
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Home Contents Pilot: Proposition Design Support
Fair4All Finance is seeking a consultant to develop proposition design principles for a home contents insurance pilot aimed at financially vulnerable social tenants. The work will define ideal product and delivery attributes to guide a subsidy fund launching later in 2026.
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Strategic and Local Plan Viability Assessment
Tewkesbury Borough Council needs a Viability Assessment for its Strategic and Local Plan, prepared according to NPPF and government planning guidance. The final report is due within 5 months, with the full contract running 35 months.
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1011143624 T1405 - Developing appropriate safety mitigations for the movement of scrap in and out of tunnel environments
RSSB wants a detailed system risk analysis and review of safety mitigations for moving scrap in and out of railway tunnel environments. The work will examine current infrastructure constraints and operational requirements.
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Knowing the Heritage Sector Phase 4 - catalogue of heritage enterprises in England - UID 148
Historic England wants a catalogue of heritage enterprises in England built from multiple data sources using web-scraping, machine learning, and manual review. The deliverable includes the catalogue plus three dashboard design concepts.