Informed Voices: Developing Critical Skills for Democracy
A Tender Notice
by OFCOM
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Contract (Services)
- Duration
- 1 year
- Value
- ___
- Sector
- PROFESSIONAL
- Published
- 22 Sep 2025
- Delivery
- 01 Dec 2025 to 30 Nov 2026
- Deadline
- 20 Oct 2025 11:00
Related Terms
Location
United Kingdom:
1 buyer
- Ofcom London
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’).
Renewal Options
The Contract to be awarded following the conclusion of this Procurement will be for an initial duration of 12 months subject to the right of Ofcom (at its sole discretion) to exercise its right to extend the Contract by up to 36 months (three lots of 12 months). The maximum length of the Contract is therefore 48 months.
Award Criteria
| Experience of delivering relevant media literacy/news literacy programmes | Extent to which the tender proposals give Ofcom confidence that the product delivers and exceeds Ofcom’s preferred features as set out in Annex 1 (Ofcom’s detailed requirement) or, if the features are not delivered, the extent to which appropriate alternatives are proposed. |
| Delivery | Extent to which the tenderer’s proposal gives Ofcom confidence that the tenderer has a clear approach to deliver the activities and/or evidence of Project Management, Resource (including team members and their relevant experience). |
| Knowledge of community | Extent to which the tenderer’s proposal gives Ofcom confidence that the tenderer has an in-depth of knowledge of the community they plan to work with including existing relevant stakeholders e.g. youth communities in Scotland and Wales, and risks within those communities. |
| Evaluation | Extent to which the tenderer can provide Ofcom with confidence in the ability to use evaluation tools and frameworks to design and implement a robust evaluation and report on the effectiveness of the requirement. |
| Social Value | Describe the commitment your organisation will make to ensure that opportunities under the contract deliver the following criteria: MAC2.2 Create employment and training opportunities particularly for those who face barriers to employment and/or who are located in deprived areas, and for people in industries with known skills shortages or in high growth sectors. |
| Price | _ |
CPV Codes
- 80521000 - Training programme services
- 85322000 - Community action programme
Indicators
- Renewals are available.
Other Information
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Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-059487
- FTS 058504-2025