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Finance & Investment Decisions Survey 2025 (Analysis)

Department for Business & Trade · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 4 Oct 2026, 18:26.

Opportunity overview

The DBT requirement is for specialist econometric analysis of the Business Finance and Investment Decision Making Survey results. IFF Research will conduct the survey in Autumn Winter 2025. The survey is a structured, quantitative telephone survey of approximately 1,500 UK businesses to provide evidence on business finance and investment decision making processes and and unlike in the previous two waves, this time there will be additional emphasis in ensuring that the survey covers key issues around personal guarantees. Appointing Professor Marc Cowling of Oxford Brookes enables DBT to utilise his significant expertise on SME finance, familiarity with the methodology, questionnaire design, and analytical requirements ensuring efficiency and quality. In addition to his familiarity is continuity and comparability across previous survey waves 2018, 2023, allowing the production of robust, longitudinal insights that can inform policy.

Awarded to

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Contract value
£50k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
6 Feb 2026
Including VAT
£60k
Award ID
1
Status
active
Location
Oxford, UKJ14, OX3 0BP, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
PR_5008
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Department for Business & Trade
Id
GB-PPON-PZZJ-6312-QTTD

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PZZJ-6312-QTTD

Address

Street Address
Old Admiralty Building
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1A 2DY
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI32

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
Oxford Brookes University
Id
GB-FTS-175427

Address

Street Address
Gypsy Lane, Headington,
Locality
Oxford
Postal Code
OX3 0BP
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ14

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
73110000
Description
Research services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-175427
Name
Oxford Brookes University

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Title
Finance & Investment Decisions Survey 2025 (Analysis)
Status
active
Above Threshold
No
Date Signed
6 Feb 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
6 Feb 2026, 00:00
Ends
30 Sept 2026, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
60,000
Amount
50,000
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
017016-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
25 Feb 2026, 15:36
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI32 · SW1A 2DY · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 017016-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·