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Research: Multilingualism, Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Africa

UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 18:03.

Opportunity overview

This notice sets out the University of Essex intention to award a contract to Busara Center for Behavioral Economics for the provision of services for the Research project: Multilingualism, Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Africa (MCCRA) Busara will work with The University of Essex on its MCCRA Project to carry out a survey and embedded experiment on multilingualism and conflict in five African countries (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Uganda), with a target of N=1000 respondents, and approximate duration of 45 mins per respondent. The surveys will be translated to the three most common spoken languages in each of the countries. The services also include training of enumerators, and data preparation/extraction.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

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
ocds-h6vhtk-06b5c5
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
A direct award is necessary because the selected provider is the only survey organisation with the operational capacity to conduct fieldwork consistently across all required countries. No alternative supplier offers comparable multi‑country coverage. Using multiple survey companies would introduce methodological inconsistencies that would undermine the reliability of the results. Differences in sampling, fieldwork practices, or data‑collection protocols across providers could not be disentangled from genuine cross‑country variation, rendering the findings unsuitable for comparative analysis. Given these constraints, a competitive process would not yield a viable alternative supplier. A direct award is therefore the only practical and proportionate option to ensure methodological integrity and timely delivery of the survey.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons
Entry 2
Id
urgency

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX
Id
GB-COH-RC000652

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
RC000652

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PQBL-6931-JNGJ

Address

Street Address
Wivenhoe Park
Locality
Colchester
Postal Code
CO4 3SQ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKH34

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
Busara Center for Behavioral Economics, Inc.
Id
GB-CHC-46-2695042

Identifier

Scheme
GB-CHC
Id
46-2695042

Address

Street Address
28 Spring Street #193
Locality
Princetown
Postal Code
NJ 08542
Country
US
Country Name
United States
Region
US

Contact

Roles

supplier

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
pending
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
73000000
Description
Research and development services and related consultancy services

Value

Including VAT
240,890
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-CHC-46-2695042
Name
Busara Center for Behavioral Economics, Inc.

Contract period

Starts
15 Jul 2026, 00:00
Ends
30 Sept 2027, 23:59

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
056568-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Published
16 Jun 2026, 11:50
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
1 Jul 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Colchester · UKH34 · CO4 3SQ · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 056568-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·