Published date: 5 October 2023

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


Closing: 14 August 2023, 4pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£45,360

Procurement reference

tender_380494/1266368

Published date

5 October 2023

Closing date

14 August 2023

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

4 September 2023

Contract end date

30 November 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Media plurality is the cornerstone of a well-functioning democratic society in which citizens are exposed to a wide range of viewpoints from a variety of different sources, and where any one media owner, or voice, does not have too much influence over public opinion and the political agenda.
Ofcom's current statutory duties in this area include securing and maintaining a sufficient plurality of providers of different TV and radio services. Ofcom also has a duty to periodically review the operation of the media ownership rules listed under section 391 of the Communications Act 2003.
Since these duties were introduced in 2003, the way that people access news and information has changed significantly. The importance of online news sources has grown dramatically, driving changes in our consumption habits - particularly among younger people - while social media, search engines and news aggregators are increasingly acting as intermediaries between news content and consumers. Our research to date found that a large percentage of people now get their news from social media.
We want to understand what influence social media have over the news diets of their users. In this study, we are interested in finding out how much they can influence the attention users pay to news content. To do this we wish to commission a research partner to undertake an online experiment and provide a report to Ofcom which shows the impact that the placement and prominence of news content has on the amount of attention received from users.

Award information

Awarded date

4 September 2023

Contract start date

4 September 2023

Contract end date

30 November 2023

Total value of contract

£45,360

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Lumen Research Ltd

Address

LABS House, 15-19 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Riverside House, 2a
London
SE1 9HA
England

Email

procurementnotice@ofcom.org.uk