Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bfd-e166-737e-be71-9c6048d2b40c/behavioural-insights-team [Skip to main content](#main-content) awardedGBopen procedure # Behavioural Insights Team [The Department for Transport](https://tendernation.io/buyers/the-department-for-transport) Estimated value £29,150 Published 18 Nov 2016 Deadline Closed 3 Feb 2016 ## Who can bid - Small contract value Valued under £135,018 including VAT, the lowest Procurement Act threshold for goods and services. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. ## About this tender The Department for Transport (DfT) wishes to establish a contract with the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) to oversee a project to research, develop and roll-out experimental tools for addressing common behavioural biases/heuristics in judgement and decision making in project management. The project is being commissioned by DfT’s Governance Division and the Social and Behavioural Research (SBR) team. The project will: - Develop an evidence base on the availability of behavioural biases/heuristics in judgement and decision making in respect of project management. - Check how current departmental processes and systems are designed to assess the availability of behavioural biases/heuristics in judgements and decision making in relation to DfT project management and assurance. - Develop potential tools to help manage and reduce behavioural biases/heuristics in judgements and decision making in project management and assurance. - Develop a framework for evaluating the effectiveness of the tools ## CPV classification Research and development services and related consultancy services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice ](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/98ed32b5-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free ](/register) [Buyer profileThe Department for Transport: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/the-department-for-transport)[SectorMore Research & development tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/research-development) ## More tenders like this [Included Outside Publication Faith in Nature Natural England 17 days left 3 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14a29-a2ce-7073-851a-05dd5c86a64c/included-outside-publication-faith-in-nature)[The provision of an online family history service for wales The National Library of Wales 33 days left 19 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14571-3ab0-72b7-a215-c1db7fc1c138/the-provision-of-an-online-family-history-service-for-wales)[Cymru Can Strategy Review Future Generations Commissioner for Wales 23 days left 9 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14571-3b47-71a7-b7c4-7d49c6871347/cymru-can-strategy-review)[Sector research for councils to learn from collaborative ICT delivery in local government Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA) 30 days left 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14503-584b-7036-bbe3-327b4e51c3c7/sector-research-for-councils-to-learn-from-collaborative-ict-delivery-in-local-g)[Research and development services and related consultancy services – Multiannual FWC on monitoring, research and analysis related to VET and qualifications European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, CEDEFOP - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training 59 days left 15 Dec 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-1b58-70d6-9e0f-07f8589ea85c/greece-research-and-development-services-and-related-consultancy-services-mu)[Research services – Istraživanja vrsta i staništa u sklopu projekta PKK "Poboljšano upravljanje PPLP" Javna ustanova Park prirode Lonjsko polje 31 days left 17 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-312a-7230-92e1-4783caf49f90/croatia-research-services-istrazivanja-vrsta-i-stanista-u-sklopu-projekta-pk)