Research into Work Stress, Burnout and Employment Outcomes

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

Department for Business & Trade

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

093749-2026

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 73110000

Published tags

award, contract

Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

10 Oct 2026

The Plan to Make Work Pay sets out the Government’s ambition to make work more secure, flexible and family-friendly, including through policies intended to support better work-life balance and improve worker wellbeing. This includes recognising the need to address the pressures created by modern working practices, including blurred boundaries between work and home. In the response to the House of Lords Home-Based Working Select Committee report, the Government recognised the risks associated with blurred boundaries between work and home, while also recognising that employers should retain appropriate autonomy and be able to contact employees where there is a legitimate need to do so. The Government stated that policies supporting work-life balance should be proportionate, workable across different sectors and forms of employment, and support both worker wellbeing and business needs. The Government also committed to continuing to progress policies aimed at alleviating stress in the workplace and to consider the importance of wellbeing and work-life balance in the modern world of work. To support this agenda, DBT is seeking to strengthen the evidence base on work-related stress, burnout, work intensification and out-of-hours working practices, and to understand the effectiveness and potential impacts of policy interventions in this area. Work-related tress, depression, or anxiety has reached record levels in Great Britain, causing 22.1 million working days to be lost. Evidence on the root causes of stress, including switching off from work, burnout, digital overload and out of hours contact, is limited. This research distinguishes work-related stress and burnout from broader wellbeing issues such as anxiety or depression. Work related stress is defined as self-reported stress, burnout or reduced wellbeing primarily attributable to workplace factors (e.g. workload, management practices, and working patterns) and the aim is to capture this through validated survey scales.

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1. Award notice observed

   7 Apr 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   013317-2025

   Published tags

   award, contract

2. Award notice observed

   16 Apr 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   015507-2025

   Published tags

   award, contract

3. Tender record updated

   30 Apr 2025

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   Release reference

   018171-2025

   Published tags

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4. Award record updated

   13 May 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Research into Work Stress, Burnout and Employment Outcomes

  Buyer: Department for Business & TradeSupplier: Verian Group UK Limited

  End date in notice

  Date not published

  Value shown in notice

  £316,981Value from the linked contract

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  Source

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  Award or lot reference

  000668-2026-1

• Research into Work Stress, Burnout and Employment Outcomes

  Buyer: Department for Business & TradeSupplier: IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) LTD

  End date in notice

  Date not published

  Value shown in notice

  £92,998Value from the linked contract

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Related evidence

Published terms and linked processes

• Source states no renewalLot 1Published 4 Nov 2025.Open supporting notice 070846-2025
• Source states no recurrenceWhole tenderPublished 4 Nov 2025.Open supporting notice 070846-2025
• Options are statedLot 1

  There are two 1-year optional extension options included in the contract.

  Published 18 Sept 2026.Open supporting notice 088805-2026
• Source states no optionsLot 1Repeated in 15 notices; the most recent statement is shown.Published 5 Oct 2026.Open supporting notice 093749-2026

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