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Provision of industry TV audience viewing data

No classification published
Location not published
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Ofcom: "Provision of industry TV audience viewing data". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityOfcomScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Ofcom. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
9Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
Child Rescue CoalitionTop vendor: 41.7% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 78 active published awards; 2 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Child Rescue Coalition1 win£375,000
Accenture (UK) Ltd1 win£375,000
Burges Salmon LLP1 win£150,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityOfcom
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published2 Feb 2026, 09:16 GMT
Last source update2 Feb 2026, 09:16 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0607bc
What is being bought
Provision of industry TV audience viewing data with permission for Ofcom to publish this for any regulatory purpose. Ofcom requires this data in order to provide evidence in its regulatory duties in relation to PSB, aspects of Comms Act responsibilities and the recent Media Act legislation.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    2 Feb 2026, 09:16 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    16 Jan 2026, 14:49 GMT
  3. Status changed to complete
    16 Jan 2026, 14:17 GMT
  4. Official notice release published
    16 Jan 2026, 14:17 GMT
  5. Buyer information updated
    16 Jan 2026, 14:17 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    2 Feb 2026, 09:16 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 30 Jan 2026, 00:00 GMT · £1,004,445
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Broadcasters Audience Research Board (BARB)
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£1,004,445 · signed 30 Jan 2026, 00:00 GMT · active
Contract period: 2 Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT — 31 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Ofcom

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PQQZ-1663-NWMN
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  • Ofcom
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PQQZ-1663-NWMN
    Riverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road, London, UKI44, SE1 9HA, GB
    procurementnotice@ofcom.org.uk

  • Broadcasters Audience Research Board (BARB)
    supplier

    GB-PPON: PMTZ-3499-ZWHM
    114 St Martin Lane, London, UKI32, WC2N 4BE, GB
    enquiries@barb.co.uk
Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied

  • Not published

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Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleBARB is the TV industry body responsible for producing TV audience data mainly for measuring advertising and producing a trading currency for the broadcasters. Measurement of programme/channel viewing is an associated benefit of the currency. BARB is formed and run as a non-profit by the main broadcasters and the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA). Ofcom requires the data in order to provide evidence in its regulatory duties in relation to PSB, aspects of Comms Act responsibilities and the recent Media Act legislation. There are no other suppliers of this data