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TRAS3118 - Refresh of the Transport User Personas

DfTc - Department for Transport

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Key details

Contracting authority
Region
London
Delivery: British Oversea Territories
Contract value
£500,000ex VAT
Submissions closed
8 July 2026
Published
24 August 2026

Procurement

Contract period
17 August 2026 - 16 August 2028
2 years
Procedure type
Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
CPV classifications
  • 73200000 Research and development consultancy services

What happened

DfTc - Department for Transport awarded this contract to IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) LTD worth £500,000 on 24 Aug 2026. The contract runs until 16 Aug 2028.

Description

The Transport User Personas were launched in 2023 and directly supports tailored policy-making and communications. We will undertake a refresh of the Transport User Personas to support the department's Improving Journeys for People strategic outcome. The refresh will provide updated analysis and tools for the persons and the work will involve: - Updating the data - Adding new aspects of transport e.

g. road safety behaviour, freight and aviation and maritime - Increasing coverage of rural areas - Refreshing the appearance of the personas and outputs - Introducing some chatbot-style functionality to make the tool more interactive e. g.

helping users to identify which personas are most important for policy questions. The project will take about a year, concluding with the relaunch of the personas in September 2027.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) LTD
Award value
£500,000
Award date
24 August 2026

Contact

Address
Great Minster House, London, SW1P 4DR

Identifiers

Buyer reference
tender_530431/1605375
Notice ID
2334fddc-16e8-4c81-9ba9-2a76a114409b-911897
OCID
ocds-b5fd17-a35b86f3-8f00-467a-9c8e-9a6d6e862ffe

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