Research and Studies Government Tenders in Latvia

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 Latvia?

GlobalGov holds 21 research and studies records from 17 distinct buying organisations in Latvia. The most frequent publishers are Latvijas Biozinātņu un tehnoloģiju universitāte (3 records); RB Rail AS (3 records); AS "Latvijas valsts meži" (1 record); Atvasināta publiska persona "Latvijas Valsts koksnes ķīmijas institūts" (1 record); Iepirkumu Uzraudzības Birojs (1 record); Iepirkumu uzraudzības birojs (1 record). Between them the 6 largest account for 48% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.

What are research and studies contracts worth in Latvia?

12 of the 21 records publish a contract value. The median is $214,884 and the largest single published value is $619,920. By size, 4 under $100k, 8 between $100k and $1M. The remaining 9 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.

How long do bidders get to respond to research and studies tenders in Latvia?

Across the 21 Latvia 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 32 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 36. 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 Latvia?

Latvia published 17 notices in this category in the last twelve months. Over the last three years there were 21, spread across 9 separate months of activity since 14 July 2025. February is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 3 April 2026, 181 days ago, so treat the figures above as a record of the market rather than as this week's pipeline.

How does Latvia compare with other research and studies markets?

Among the 25 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable research and studies market, Latvia ranks 25th by number of records. The largest is France (1,079 records against 21 here). Within Latvia itself, research and studies is the 47th largest of the 47 procurement categories tracked here.

Where do the Latvia research and studies records on this page come from?

These 21 records are collected from 1 official source: TED (21). 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 Latvia

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 Latvia is visible. Set an alert to be told when the next one opens.

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