Commissioned studies, methodology scoring and the right to publish
A commissioned study is bought for a decision the buyer has to make, and the tender usually states the decision. That matters because the strongest bids answer the decision rather than the question as written: they say what the study can and cannot establish, what the sample will support, and where the evidence will remain thin. Evaluation in this category is weighted heavily toward methodology, and a proposal that claims certainty the method cannot deliver is scored down by any competent panel.
The practical constraints are access and ethics. Studies that involve interviews, survey respondents or administrative data need approvals before fieldwork begins, and the timetable for those approvals is frequently longer than the fieldwork itself. Data protection obligations govern how personal data is collected, stored, anonymised and destroyed, and the contract normally names the roles of each party in handling it. A bid whose programme starts fieldwork immediately after award has usually not accounted for this.
Ownership and publication are negotiated terms with real consequences. Public buyers commonly take ownership of the report and the underlying data, reserve the right to publish, and require the raw data and code in a reusable form so the analysis can be reproduced. Researchers often want the right to publish independently, and the compromise is usually a delay period rather than a veto. Bidders should also read the clause on findings the buyer dislikes: the credible contracts protect the researcher's conclusions explicitly, and the absence of that protection tells you something about the commission.
This section describes how this category is bought generally, across the public buyers that publish it. The figures elsewhere on this page are measured for this market alone.
Who buys research and studies in Lithuania?
GlobalGov holds 39 research and studies records from 24 distinct buying organisations in Lithuania. The most frequent publishers are Viešoji įstaiga CPO LT (8 records); Lietuvos Respublikos aplinkos ministerijos Aplinkos projektų valdymo agentūra (3 records); Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministerija (3 records); Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universitetas (PV) (3 records); Valstybės įmonė Turto bankas (2 records); International buyer (2 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 54% of everything published, so buying here is concentrated in a few authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Viešoji įstaiga CPO LT | 8 | 21% |
| Lietuvos Respublikos aplinkos ministerijos Aplinkos projektų valdymo agentūra | 3 | 7.7% |
| Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministerija | 3 | 7.7% |
| Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universitetas (PV) | 3 | 7.7% |
| Valstybės įmonė Turto bankas | 2 | 5.1% |
| International buyer | 2 | 5.1% |
What are research and studies contracts worth in Lithuania?
16 of the 39 records publish a contract value. The median is $231,375 and the largest single published value is $22.5M. By size, 4 under $100k, 7 between $100k and $1M, 2 between $1M and $10M, 3 above $10M. The remaining 23 publish no value at all, so every figure here describes the priced subset only, and values are as stated by the buyer rather than as finally awarded.
| Contract size | Records | Share of priced |
|---|---|---|
| under $100k | 4 | 25% |
| between $100k and $1M | 7 | 44% |
| between $1M and $10M | 2 | 12% |
| above $10M | 3 | 19% |
How long do bidders get to respond to research and studies tenders in Lithuania?
Across the 22 Lithuania research and studies notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 34 days. A quarter of them allowed 33 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 35. Not one of them closed within a fortnight of being published, so the window on this market is consistently workable.
How often are research and studies tenders published in Lithuania?
Lithuania published 16 notices in this category in the last twelve months. That is 23% more than the 13 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 33, spread across 19 separate months of activity since 16 November 2020. March is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 8 April 2026, 176 days ago, so treat the figures above as a record of the market rather than as this week's pipeline.
How does Lithuania compare with other research and studies markets?
Among the 25 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable research and studies market, Lithuania ranks 19th by number of records. The largest is France (1,079 records against 39 here). Within Lithuania itself, research and studies is the 47th largest of the 52 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Lithuania research and studies records on this page come from?
These 39 records are collected from 1 official source: TED (39). GlobalGov is an independent aggregator and is not affiliated with any of them; each record links back to the notice on its issuing portal. The set is rebuilt nightly, and the counts on this page were taken on 2026-10-01.
Most recent Research and Studies tenders in Lithuania
None of these are open for bids now — they are the most recent records GlobalGov holds for this market, kept here so the shape of a typical research and studies notice in Lithuania is visible. Set an alert to be told when the next one opens.
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Lithuania – Miscellaneous evaluation or testing instruments – Saulės ir vandenilio energetikos inžinerijos ir vėjo laboratorinė įranga
Lithuania – Survey conduction services – Tyrimas "Stigmatizuojančios Lietuvos gyventojų nuostatos psichikos sveikatos srityje"
Lithuania – Evaluation consultancy services – PRETENDENTŲ Į ŠVIETIMO ĮSTAIGŲ (IŠSKYRUS AUKŠTĄSIAS MOKYKLAS) VADOVUS VADOVAVIMO ŠVIETIMO ĮSTAIGAI KOMPETENCIJŲ VERTINIMO PASLAUGOS
Lithuania – Cadastral surveying services – Nekilnojamųjų daiktų kadastro duomenų nustatymo, tikslinimo ir žemės sklypų formavimo pertvarkymo projektų rengimo paslaugų centralizuotas viešasis pirkimas, taikant dinaminę pirkimo sistemą
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Lithuania – Architectural, engineering and surveying services – DPS Engineering design and project execution supervision services
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