Published date: 12 March 2024

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 29 November 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Market research services - 79310000

Location of contract

SE1 9HA

Value of contract

£104,895

Procurement reference

tender_398629/1318302

Published date

12 March 2024

Closing date

29 November 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

12 January 2024

Contract end date

14 January 2027

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: Under threshold ITT

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Ofcom has a requirement for Barb reports to delivered on a weekly basis. Data from the reports, which will need to cover the latest available 7-day consolidated Barb week, will be used as part of investigations for determining non-compliance with different COSTA rules. It may also be used for external purposes such as being included in Ofcom's published decisions.

Tenderers must have a relevant subscription to Barb. Ofcom uses the AdvantEdge TV analysis tool and while the COSTA reports do not need to be extracted from this software, any data that is provided to Ofcom must be replicable.

The requirement is for data delivery only, but it will involve working collaboratively with the Standards team to make the delivery the best fit for their purposes and needs.

The relevant COSTA rules for which monitoring reports are required are captured in a table within the 'Detailed Requirements' section below. The data in the reports will need to identify potential breaches of these rules.

As a minimum, the service must deliver the following:
- The data must be delivered in a timely manner, no later than 10 working days after 7-day consolidation of the latest Barb week;
- The data must be robust and thoroughly quality checked, so as to be publication ready (if required);
- The proposed service team must have a demonstrable understanding of the Barb commercial spots and programme databases;
- The data must be easy to understand.

Award information

Awarded date

13 December 2023

Contract start date

12 January 2024

Contract end date

14 January 2027

Total value of contract

£104,895

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

TRP Research Ltd

Address

Wellington House, Queen Street, Taunton, TA1 3UF

Reference

Companies House number: 03825912

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Riverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road
London
SE1 9HA
England

Email

procurementnotice@ofcom.org.uk