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# VRU - Expert Partner for Youth Digital Safety in London

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/vru-expert-partner-for-youth-digital-safety-in-london-ocds-h6vhtk-06c583). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Mayor's Office For Policing And Crime: "VRU - Expert Partner for Youth Digital Safety in London". Published status: complete. Published Value: £660,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 5 Aug 2026, 13:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.delta-esourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Mayor's Office For Policing And Crime](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/mayor-s-office-for-policing-and-crime-GB-PPON-PTMT-7816-YCQG)
- **Published Value:** £660,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 5 August 2026 at 13:00 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research and development consultancy services, Research and development services and related consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £659,970 (inc. VAT; no net value published, 2 awards)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/vru-expert-partner-for-youth-digital-safety-in-london-ocds-h6vhtk-06c583#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06c583`

## Before you bid
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- **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/vru-expert-partner-for-youth-digital-safety-in-london-ocds-h6vhtk-06c583#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delta-esourcing.com%2Frespond%2FK4CSQU42CU)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/vru-expert-partner-for-youth-digital-safety-in-london-ocds-h6vhtk-06c583#participate

## Description
About the VRU
The London Violence Reduction Unit (VRU), hosted within the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC), pioneers a partnership-based public health approach to tackling violence through prevention and early intervention. Since 2019, the VRU has invested in over 550,000 targeted interventions for young people across London.
Working with partners across government, local authorities, education, health, policing and the voluntary and community sector, the VRU supports coordinated action at the key touchpoints that influence a young person’s journey: early years and families, education, positive opportunities, youth work, and communities and place. Central to the VRU’s approach is a commitment to embedding the voices of young people, practitioners and communities in policy, programme design and decision-making.
Programme Background
The VRU recognises that the rapid growth of digital platforms and technologies has created both new opportunities and new risks for children and young people. While online spaces can support connection, creativity, learning and participation, they can also expose young people to harmful content, exploitation, misogyny, harassment, coercion and technology-enabled abuse, and can contribute to the escalation of offline harm and violence.
As digital risks continue to evolve, there remains a significant gap between young people’s lived experiences of the online world and the systems, policies and services designed to support them. The VRU is therefore developing a wider digital safety programme to strengthen London’s response to online harms through a more coordinated, place-based and multi-agency approach. This programme is expected to include:
- Strengthening trusted adult capability through specialist training and practical support.
- Piloting innovative digital youth work approaches that engage young people safely in digital spaces.
- Supporting local authorities and borough partners to test and strengthen local responses to online harms through safeguarding and place-based practice.
- Building a stronger London-wide evidence base, strategic understanding and coordinated regional response. 
To support this ambition, the VRU is seeking to appoint an Expert Partner for Youth Digital Safety in London. The successful provider(s) will help the VRU keep pace with emerging trends in online harms, strengthen the evidence and practice base, embed youth-informed approaches, and support the development of a more coordinated public health response across London.
Description of the Service
The appointed provider(s) will act as an expert partner to the VRU, delivering specialist support across policy, research, evidence, programme development, learning and practice translation. The role will support the wider digital safety programme by strengthening connections between research, policy, safeguarding and frontline delivery, ensuring that insight and learning are translated into practical improvements for young people, pra...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/vru-expert-partner-for-youth-digital-safety-in-london-ocds-h6vhtk-06c583)

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Research, Policy and Evidence Partner
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73200000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £231,120

- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2026 to 31/10/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Programme Development and Learning Partner
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £428,880

- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2026 to 31/10/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Research, Policy and Evidence Partner (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **PUBLIC GROUP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-183370`
  - Value: £231,090 (inc. VAT)
  - Date: 07/09/2026

- **Award:** Programme Development and Learning Partner (active)
  - Award id: `2`
  - Supplier(s): **Social Development Direct Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-104140`
  - Value: £428,880 (inc. VAT)
  - Date: 07/09/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F063780-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-09-08T12:53:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T00:36:59.158Z
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