Published date: 12 December 2022

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


Closing: 3 October 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

SE1 9HA

Value of contract

£118,045.38

Procurement reference

C20221398

Published date

12 December 2022

Closing date

3 October 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

27 October 2022

Contract end date

17 March 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Ofcom has a requirement for a research project to investigate the use and impact of recommender systems by online services.
We are seeking to develop our understanding of the key functionalities and features of in-scope services.
One of these is the use of algorithmically-driven recommender systems, which are used to serve up content both on search services (e.g. search engine sites) and user-to-user services (e.g. social media platforms and video sharing platforms).
We are seeking to collect evidence on how these systems function at a technical level, where and how they are used in practice, the risks they present to users, and how these risks can be mitigated. This research will inform the development of the regulatory documents that we are required to prepare under the Online Safety Bill to assist in-scope services in understanding how they can comply with their duties, including the Codes of Practice, the Register of Risks and Risk Profiles that will come out of Ofcom's risk assessments, and Industry Risk Assessment Guidance.

Award information

Awarded date

19 October 2022

Contract start date

27 October 2022

Contract end date

17 March 2023

Total value of contract

£118,045.38

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

PATTRN ANALYTICS AND INTELLIGENCE LTD

Address

264 Banbury Road
Summertown
Oxford OX2 7DY

Reference

Companies House number: 13236351

Value of contract

£118,045.38

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Alex Lindsay

Address

Riverside House,2A Southwark Bridge Road
LONDON
SE19HA
England

Telephone

02079813600

Email

alex.lindsay@ofcom.org.uk