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Ofcom

Workforce Media Literacy

Business ServicesCPV 79310000
Value£150k
Deadline2 Oct 2026
Published2 Sept 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 2 Sept 202627 days leftCloses 2 Oct 2026
Who to contact
procurementnotice@ofcom.org.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

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Contract value in context
£150ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Business Services band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Ofcom has a statutory duty to promote media literacy.

Through engagement undertaken as part of the Media Literacy Strategy and the Making Media Literacy Everybody's Business programme, Ofcom has identified employers as an important route for reaching working-age adults.

Employer investment in digital capability, AI skills and workforce development creates an opportunity to embed media literacy alongside existing skills activity and employer development programmes.

This procurement aims to develop an evidence-based model for integrating media literacy within employer-facing digital capability activity and workforce development programmes, while testing employer appetite, implementation approaches and opportunities for wider adoption.

The successful organisation will be expected to produce a final report, implementation framework, practical employer guidance and recommendations for future activity.

The work will bring together: • Ofcom's Media Literacy Outcomes Framework • Essential Digital Skills Framework • Relevant AI capability frameworks • Employer workforce development activity • Employer engagement and workforce research • Practical implementation approaches for employers

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

This procurement aims to develop an evidence-based

This procurement aims to develop an evidence-based model for integrating media literacy within employer-facing digital capability activity and workforce development programmes, while testing employer appetite, implementation approaches and opportunities for wider adoption.

02

The successful organisation will be expected

The successful organisation will be expected to produce a final report, implementation framework, practical employer guidance and recommendations for future activity.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

OfcomRegulator registrations
Ofcom has a statutory duty to promote media literacy.

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What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidProfessional indemnity insurance
  • Show at bidNamed engagement team with CVs
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
tender · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
082955-2026
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