Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Ofcom · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Critical Research Ltd SME
- Value
- £693,106
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Sector
- Business services · Market research services (CPV 79310000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
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- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Jun 2025
- Published3 Feb 2026Published 230 days after the contract date
Description
The primary objectives of this survey are: - To continually inform Ofcom's understanding of news consumption and attitudes across the UK, and within each UK nation. - To inform Ofcom's current regulatory duties, including those relating to Purpose 1 of the BBC Charter and Agreement, and ongoing policy work. To ensure the News Consumption Survey continues to function as a robust single source of news consumption among adults and teenagers across the UK. Our specific objectives are: - To continually measure the use of news providers and news services across platforms (TV, VoD, radio, audio, online, print) - To provide an accurate measure of the use of online intermediaries for news (social media, search engines and news aggregators) and direct access through online sites - To understand overall attitudes towards, and perceptions of, individual news providers and news hosting services, in particular metrics such as trust, accuracy, impartiality and high quality. - To understand the impor…
About the supplier
Critical Research Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06566825).