AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Department for Business & Trade awarded Savanta Group Limited a contract for a baseline online survey of UK consumers’ purchasing and resale of live-event tickets. The research is intended to support monitoring and evaluation of a planned policy to cap resale prices at face value.
Published outcomeThe contract is recorded as active, signed on 16 June 2026, with a delivery period from 17 June to 17 August 2026.
Market significanceThis is a small, below-threshold research-services engagement awarded directly without competition, focused on evidence for secondary-ticketing policy.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
SAVANTA GROUP LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £14,000 net; £16,800 gross GBP · Verified supplier; award active
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Award 1 names Savanta Group Limited as supplier. Supplier verification records verified company name SAVANTA GROUP LIMITED (company number SC281352). The contract is linked to award 1 and gives total contract values.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Published notice
99% confidenceContract details notice published 8 October 2026
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Contract document 095211-2026 lists datePublished as 2026-10-08.
Award status
98% confidenceActive award
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Award 1 has status 'active'.
Contract status
98% confidenceActive contract record
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Contract 1 has status 'active'.
Contract signature
99% confidenceSigned 16 June 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-06-16.
Contract delivery period
99% confidence17 June 2026 to 17 August 2026
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Contract 1 period specifies startDate 2026-06-17 and endDate 2026-08-17.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£14,000
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Contract 1 value.amount is 14000 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£16,800
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 16800 GBP.
Threshold status
99% confidenceBelow threshold
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Contract 1 aboveThreshold is false; the procurement method detail states below threshold.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence16 June 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-06-16.
Contract start
99% confidence17 June 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-06-17.
Contract end
99% confidence17 August 2026
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2026-08-17.
Notice publication
99% confidence8 October 2026
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The contract details notice was published on 2026-10-08.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceBaseline online consumer survey on purchasing and reselling tickets for live events in the UK
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Published procurement description.
Research purpose
99% confidenceProvide baseline evidence for monitoring and evaluating the planned policy to cap resale prices at face value
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Published procurement description.
Research topics
99% confidencePricing, fees, platforms, consumer behaviour and consumer harm in the ticket-resale market
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Published procurement description.
Category
99% confidenceResearch services (CPV 73110000)
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Award item additional classification is CPV 73110000, Research services.
Delivery geography
98% confidenceUnited Kingdom
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Award item delivery address is region UK, country GB.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceDirect procurement
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Tender procurementMethod is 'direct'.
Procedure detail
99% confidenceBelow threshold – without competition
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Tender procurementMethodDetails states 'Below threshold - without competition'.
Competition information
97% confidenceNo competitive process was reported
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The published procedure detail explicitly states without competition; bid counts and evaluation information were not supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract period
99% confidenceApproximately two months, from 17 June to 17 August 2026
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Contract period dates are 2026-06-17 to 2026-08-17.
Contract value
99% confidence£14,000 excluding VAT; £16,800 including VAT
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Contract value lists amount 14000 and amountGross 16800 in GBP.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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No extension, option or renewal terms are supplied in the published contract data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Engagement profile
97% confidenceA low-value, time-limited policy research assignment
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The contract is valued at £14,000 excluding VAT, runs from 17 June to 17 August 2026, and concerns a baseline consumer survey.
Route to market
99% confidenceDirect below-threshold procurement without competition
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The published procurement method and detail state direct procurement and below threshold without competition.
Policy relevance
99% confidenceThe research supports evidence gathering on secondary-ticketing resale pricing and consumer harms.
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Published description states the survey will support monitoring and evaluation of the planned face-value resale-price cap and investigate pricing, fees, platforms, behaviour and harm.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Publication timing
99% confidenceThe contract details notice was published after the stated signature, start and end dates.
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Contract signed 16 June 2026, ran 17 June–17 August 2026, while the notice was published 8 October 2026.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 is identified but has no published title, description or separate value.
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Tender and award data identify lot 1, while the lot record has null title, description and value.
Award date
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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Award 1 has no award_date value.
Evaluation detail
98% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No scores, selection rationale, bidder count or pricing breakdown is provided.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
- The published notice does not provide an award decision date.
- Bid counts, tender responses, evaluation criteria, scores, rationale for supplier selection and pricing breakdowns were not supplied.
- No extension, option or renewal provisions were supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
SAVANTA GROUP LIMITEDDepartment for Business & Tradesecondary ticketingconsumer surveyresearch servicesticket resaledirect award
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Department for Business & Trade secondary ticketing survey contract?
SAVANTA GROUP LIMITED won award 1. Its identity was verified against company number SC281352.
What is the value of the contract?
The contract value is £14,000 excluding VAT and £16,800 including VAT.
When did the contract run?
The published contract period is 17 June 2026 to 17 August 2026.
Was the procurement competed?
The notice describes a direct, below-threshold procurement without competition.
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