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 Poland?
GlobalGov holds 110 research and studies records from 78 distinct buying organisations in Poland. The most frequent publishers are Krajowa Izba Odwoławcza (6 records); Politechnika Wrocławska (5 records); Państwowe Gospodarstwo Wodne Wody Polskie (4 records); Morski Instytut Rybacki - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy (3 records); Uniwersytet Medyczny W Białymstoku (3 records); Wojskowy Instytut Medyczny – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy (3 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 22% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Krajowa Izba Odwoławcza | 6 | 5.5% |
| Politechnika Wrocławska | 5 | 4.5% |
| Państwowe Gospodarstwo Wodne Wody Polskie | 4 | 3.6% |
| Morski Instytut Rybacki - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy | 3 | 2.7% |
| Uniwersytet Medyczny W Białymstoku | 3 | 2.7% |
| Wojskowy Instytut Medyczny – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy | 3 | 2.7% |
What are research and studies contracts worth in Poland?
25 of the 110 records publish a contract value. The median is $167,522 and the largest single published value is $19.1M. By size, 6 under $100k, 15 between $100k and $1M, 3 between $1M and $10M, 1 above $10M. The remaining 85 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 | 6 | 24% |
| between $100k and $1M | 15 | 60% |
| between $1M and $10M | 3 | 12% |
| above $10M | 1 | 4.0% |
How long do bidders get to respond to research and studies tenders in Poland?
Across the 95 Poland research and studies notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 32 days. A quarter of them allowed 30 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 35. Short turnarounds are the exception rather than the rule here: only 4 (4.2%) closed within a fortnight of being published.
How often are research and studies tenders published in Poland?
Poland publishes about 6 notices a month in this category, 72 in the last twelve months. That is 188% more than the 25 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 97, spread across 11 separate months of activity since 17 June 2022. March is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 9 April 2026, 175 days ago, so treat the figures above as a record of the market rather than as this week's pipeline.
How does Poland compare with other research and studies markets?
Among the 25 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable research and studies market, Poland ranks 9th by number of records. The largest is France (1,079 records against 110 here). Within Poland itself, research and studies is the 60th largest of the 73 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Poland research and studies records on this page come from?
These 110 records are collected from 2 official sources: TED (80), e-Zamowienia (30). 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 Poland
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 Poland is visible. Set an alert to be told when the next one opens.
Poland – Nuclear evaluation instruments – Dostawa aparatury do dozymetrii promieniowania jonizującego i testów jakościowych akceleratorów medycznych.
Poland – Research laboratory services – Badanie próbek gazu skroplonego (LPG) w ramach systemu monitorowania i kontrolowania jakości paliw – rejon południe
Poland – Detection and analysis apparatus – Zakup i dostawa suszarki/dehydratora na potrzeby Wydziału Chemii i Farmacji Uniwersytetu Opolskiego
Poland – Miscellaneous evaluation or testing instruments – Dostawa zestawu aparatów do badania procesów elektrolizy cieczy w skali pośredniej, detekcji on-line i charakterystyki ciągłej składu produktów gazowych oraz wspomagających analizę zmian w morfologii
Poland – Environmental impact assessment other than for construction – Umowa ramowa na kompleksowe świadczenie usług wykonywania dokumentacji środowiskowej wraz z pozyskaniem rozstrzygnięć administracyjnych.
Poland – Surveying services – Realizacja kontroli na miejscu metodą FOTO i IT na terenie 16 województw
Polska – Usługi badawcze – Przeprowadzenie badań monitoringowych węgorzy, troci i łososi pochodzących z wód śródlądowych Polski w ramach realizacji Wieloletniego Programu Zbierania Danych Rybackich
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