Informed Voices: Developing Critical Skills for Democracy
Details
- Supplier(s)
- Parent and Family Consulting Limited (Parent Zone)
- Value
- 463,050
- Duration
- 1 year
- Topic
- Training programme services
- Published
- 11 December 2025
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
Ofcom is tendering for an organisation or consortium to deliver media literacy activities across the UK in the lead up to key elections over the next four years. The contract will initially run for one year delivering a media literacy campaign and supporting activities in relation to the Scottish and Welsh elections in May 2026. At Ofcom’s sole discretion, additional activities are likely to take place in subsequent years, for example relating to elections in Northern Ireland, regional mayoral elections and a UK general election. As a minimum, the service must deliver the following: • Consultation activities with at least 2 Scottish and Welsh youth organisations. • Development/adaptation of existing materials for an online campaign. • Ongoing stakeholder engagement with at least 2 youth organisations in Scotland and Wales. • Support of existing campaign weeks with online campaign activity. • Evaluation and activity reporting against key outcomes (Area 3 of Ofcom’s outcomes bank ‘Critical thinking about content’). ## Contract award
Timeline
- Completed: Award published11 December 2025Current notice
- Completed: Award date11 December 2025
- Next: Contract expiry date4 January 2027in 3 months
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. Ofcom procures under the Procurement Act 2023 and its own procurement rules. 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. Ofcom publishes contract opportunities on Contracts Finder, with higher-value notices appearing on Find a Tender. Awarded contracts appear on Ofcom's own contract register alongside its procurement strategy.
Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.
Over the past 5 years, most of Ofcom's contract awards have been in business services, software and information systems and IT services.
Relevant CPV codes
- 80521000 · Training programme services
- 85322000 · Community action programme
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@office-of-communications-ofcom.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@office-of-communications-ofcom.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@office-of-communications-ofcom.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@office-of-communications-ofcom.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@office-of-communications-ofcom.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@office-of-communications-ofcom.gov |
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