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# Ofcom Market Research Framework 2024 - 2028

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ofcom-market-research-framework-2024-2028-ocds-h6vhtk-03d630). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ofcom: "Ofcom Market Research Framework 2024 - 2028". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £20,000,000. 6 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 14 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: ofcom.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Ofcom](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ofcom-gov-ot385)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £20,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 14 July 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 6
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Market research services
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ofcom-market-research-framework-2024-2028-ocds-h6vhtk-03d630#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03d630`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ofcom-market-research-framework-2024-2028-ocds-h6vhtk-03d630#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [ofcom.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fofcom.bravosolution.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ofcom-market-research-framework-2024-2028-ocds-h6vhtk-03d630#participate

## Description
Ofcom is tendering for a Market Research Framework. Ofcom’s Market Research team commissions primary research projects and services, working with a range of teams across the organisation, including Economics and Analytics, Networks and Communications, Broadcasting and Media Policy, Spectrum, Strategy & Policy and Online Safety. We require suppliers that can deliver high quality market research projects, with findings suitable for publication, following industry best practice. Examples of our work can be located on the Market Research section of the Ofcom website: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data 
There will be six Market Research Lots in the new framework for the provision of standard market research services, each of which relate to a broad area of standard research expertise; Quantitative (Adults), Qualitative (Adults), Qualitative (Adults minority groups), Children’s Research (Qualitative and Quantitative), Online omnibus/ panel and Behavioural Insight. If Ofcom has a specialist or niche market research service requirement, we may choose to commission that through the framework, or we may choose to commission it via an open Invitation to Tender Process, by inviting specialist suppliers to bid.
At this stage of the process, Applicants are invited to express an interest in providing standard market research services to Ofcom in one or more of these lots. Applicants that pass this initial assessment will be invited to take part in the second stage of the tender.  If successful in the second stage of the tender, they will be added as suppliers to the framework agreement for a particular Lot(s).

## Lots (6)
### Lot Lot 1 – Quantitative Research (Adults): Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `Lot 1 – Quantitative Research (Adults)`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 79310000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKI

- **Description:** Suppliers will have expertise in standard quantitative research techniques, including face to face, online and telephone interviews. Robust data quality assurance processes are essential. Tenderers should also have expertise on research with UK citiz...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot Lot 2– Qualitative Research (Adults): Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `Lot 2– Qualitative Research (Adults)`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 79310000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKI

- **Description:** Suppliers will have expertise in a range of standard qualitative research techniques amongst UK citizens, consumers and audiences. For example, focus groups, depth interviews, deliberative techniques and ethnography. Projects will typically relate to...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot Lot 3 – Qualitative Research (Adults minority groups): Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `Lot 3 – Qualitative Research (Adults minority groups)`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 79310000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKI

- **Description:** Suppliers will have expertise in a range of qualitative research techniques amongst a minority or hard-to-reach group (or groups) of adults in the UK population. This Lot will include suppliers who have specialist expertise in conducting research amo...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot Lot 4 – Children’s Research (Qualitative and Quantitative): Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `Lot 4 – Children’s Research (Qualitative and Quantitative)`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 79310000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKI

- **Description:** Suppliers will need to have the highest ethical and safeguarding standards, and experience of research with vulnerable children and sensitive topics. Our focus here is on online safety in relation to UK children. In 2023 we expect that the Online Saf...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot Lot 5 – UK online omnibus/ panel surveys: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `Lot 5 – UK online omnibus/ panel surveys`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 79310000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKI

- **Description:** Suppliers will need to be able to be able to deliver statistically robust online surveys amongst the UK population. Typical requirements will be for UK-representative samples, or for surveys amongst minority groups in the UK population (for example, ...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot Lot 6 – Behavioural Insight: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `Lot 6 – Behavioural Insight`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 79310000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKI

- **Description:** Suppliers will have good understanding and experience of projects that involve behavioural science.
Our in-house behavioural insight team will require support for projects that apply behavioural science techniques to policy design, particularly with ...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (6)
- **Award:** Quantitative (Adults) (active)
  - Award id: `018610-2024-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Accent, BMG Research Limited, Continental Research (BVA BDRC) (+5 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-116259`, `GB-FTS-151301`, `GB-FTS-144290`, `GB-FTS-136170`, `GB-FTS-104723`, `GB-FTS-116268`, `GB-FTS-170785`, `GB-FTS-95011`
  - Value: £20,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Qualitative (Adults) (active)
  - Award id: `018610-2024-2`
  - Supplier(s): **2CV Limited, BMG Research Limited, Blue Marble Research (+9 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-116260`, `GB-FTS-144290`, `GB-FTS-144324`, `GB-FTS-116274`, `GB-FTS-104723`, `GB-FTS-116268`, `GB-FTS-170785`, `GB-FTS-116272`, `GB-FTS-20827`, `GB-FTS-76960`, `GB-FTS-170594`, `GB-FTS-116276`
  - Value: £20,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Qualitative (Adult Minority Groups) (active)
  - Award id: `018610-2024-3`
  - Supplier(s): **2CV Limited, Blue Marble Research, Continental Research (BVA BDRC) (+15 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-116260`, `GB-FTS-151301`, `GB-FTS-144324`, `GB-FTS-116277`, `GB-FTS-116278`, `GB-FTS-116279`, `GB-FTS-100629`, `GB-FTS-104723`, `GB-FTS-116268`, `GB-FTS-147061`, `GB-FTS-116272`, `GB-FTS-140721`, `GB-FTS-116283`, `GB-FTS-20827`, `GB-FTS-76960`, `GB-FTS-95011`, `GB-FTS-170594`, `GB-FTS-175489`
  - Value: £20,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Children's (Qualitative and Quantitative) (active)
  - Award id: `018610-2024-4`
  - Supplier(s): **BMG Research Limited, Beano Studios Ltd, DJS Research Ltd (+9 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-144290`, `GB-FTS-116261`, `GB-FTS-121512`, `GB-FTS-183138`, `GB-FTS-116284`, `GB-FTS-116274`, `GB-FTS-116286`, `GB-FTS-100629`, `GB-FTS-104723`, `GB-FTS-147061`, `GB-FTS-116272`, `GB-FTS-116283`
  - Value: £20,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Online Omnibus/Panel (active)
  - Award id: `018610-2024-5`
  - Supplier(s): **Ipsos UK, Savanta Group Ltd, Yonder Consulting Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-104723`, `GB-FTS-95011`, `GB-FTS-175489`
  - Value: £20,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Behavioural Insight (active)
  - Award id: `018610-2024-6`
  - Supplier(s): **Cowry Consulting LTD, Ipsos UK, Irrational Agency Limited (+5 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-121512`, `GB-FTS-116287`, `GB-FTS-104723`, `GB-FTS-116288`, `GB-FTS-175381`, `GB-FTS-63285`, `GB-FTS-170594`, `GB-FTS-116276`
  - Value: £20,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (6)
- **Contract:** Quantitative (Adults) (active)
  - Signed Value: £20,000,000
  - Signed Date: 14/02/2024

- **Contract:** Qualitative (Adults) (active)
  - Signed Value: £20,000,000
  - Signed Date: 14/02/2024

- **Contract:** Qualitative (Adult Minority Groups) (active)
  - Signed Value: £20,000,000
  - Signed Date: 14/02/2024

- **Contract:** Children's (Qualitative and Quantitative) (active)
  - Signed Value: £20,000,000
  - Signed Date: 14/02/2024

- **Contract:** Online Omnibus/Panel (active)
  - Signed Value: £20,000,000
  - Signed Date: 14/02/2024

- **Contract:** Behavioural Insight (active)
  - Signed Value: £20,000,000
  - Signed Date: 14/02/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018610-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-06-17T12:44:52.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T11:51:58.594Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03d630