Expired contract

Understanding Online Communications Among Children

Details

Buyer: Office of Communications (Ofcom)
Supplier(s): Savanta Group Limited
Value: £42,400
Duration: 5 months
Topic: Market research services
Published: 12 November 2025
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

A quantitative study to understand how children build their online networks, hear about any uncomfortable experiences children have had while doing so, and also understand if they have encountered some illegal harms online (such as terrorism, weapons, drugs).

Timeline

Completed: Award date21 October 2025
Completed: Award published12 November 2025
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date31 March 2026

About the buyer

The Office of Communications (Ofcom) is the UK's communications regulator, covering broadcasting, telecoms, post and spectrum as a non-departmental public body. Competitions for its contracts usually run as an Invitation to Tender process, procured directly by Ofcom's own commercial team. Larger opportunities also typically route through Crown Commercial Service frameworks or frameworks hosted by public bodies.

Over the past 5 years, most of Ofcom's contract awards have been in business services, software and information systems and IT services.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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