Award

Social Media and Offline Violence Research Partner

MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR POLICE AND CRIME

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

19 Mar 2025 at 17:19

Award Notice
TenderAmendment

25 Oct 2024 at 09:22

Tender Notice
Tender

25 Oct 2024 at 09:17

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Mayor's Office for Police and Crime (MOPAC) has awarded a contract for the research project titled "Social Media and Offline Violence Research Partner" under the industry category of Research and Development Services. This contract pertains to services aimed at investigating the correlation between social media and offline physical violence affecting young people in London. The procurement process is in the Award stage, having been finalized on 27th November 2024. It is an open procedure below the threshold with a contract period starting from 1st April 2025 and concluding on 31st December 2025. The contract, valued at £73,925, was awarded to M & C Saatchi World Services, and it will be carried out in London, United Kingdom. The final tender submissions were due by 27th November 2024 at 12pm with clarifications required by 13th November 2024.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses involved in research and analysis, especially those with expertise in social media trends and violence prevention. The project requires an in-depth exploration of social media's impact on real-world violence among young Londoners, providing scope for innovative research methodologies and detailed analysis. Businesses well-suited for this project are likely to be small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) or voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs) that specialise in social sciences, behavioural research, and digital media studies. Engaging in this project not only offers financial growth but also positions the selected businesses as leaders in an essential public safety and youth protection project, potentially leading to future collaborations and projects with public sector organisations.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Social Media and Offline Violence Research Partner

Notice Description

The London Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) are looking for a research partner to investigate the relationship between social media and offline physical violence affecting children & young people in London. The VRU recognises that social media is ubiquitous in young people's lives. Young Londoners are often exposed to violent and harmful content which may increase the risk of physical violence or criminal exploitation. Additionally, social media content has been increasingly utilised in the criminal justice system to argue a causal link between online behaviour and instances of offline violence; however, the specific links between online content and real-world physical violence are not well understood. Given the scale of social media, the VRU is particularly interested in understanding the impact of specific types of online content: - Violent content - defined as content that encourages, promotes or provides instructions for an act of serious violence against a person; depicts real or realistic serious violence/injury against a person in graphic detail; or depicts real or realistic serious violence/injury against an animal or fictional creature in graphic detail. For example, violent content may include fights and injury, use or promotion of weapons, infliction of pain or gang violence. - Misogynistic Content and Online Violence Against Women & Girls (VAWG) - defined as online acts underpinned by misogyny, including but not limited to cyberharassment, cyber bullying, online sexual harassment, cyberstalking, and sexist, homophobic and transphobic speech. The research specification aims to: - Investigate high level trends exploring the links between instances of offline physical violence affecting young people in London and social media content & interactions online. - Conduct in-depth analysis of specific instances of offline violence to understand the role social media content and activity may have played. In investigating this link, the VRU would like the researcher to examine different risk factors that may influence the relationship between hazard and harm to identify which young people are most at risk. A marking warming event was held on 15th October at 1-2.30pm via Microsoft Teams. This was used to help finalise our specification and budget, the advert for this event was published here https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bc743808-7316-4817-838d-aca43a1572db The slides are shared on Delta. How to Apply The maximum budget over 9 months is PS75,000 excl VAT Further information can be found in the bidder pack for this tender. You can access and download a copy of the bidder pack from the Delta esourcing portal by following this link www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/Y582CU7S2Z Please submit all clarification questions via the Delta portal. The clarification deadline is 13th Nov 2024 by 4pm Please submit your response via the Delta portal. The submission deadline for this tender is 27th Nov 2024 at 12pm

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-4fa747b3-5e76-411e-a064-144a3ce39c6c
Publication Source
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Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b3e316e1-d308-41e3-80f0-2d4a253c486e
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure (below threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

CPV Codes

73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£73,925 Under £100K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
19 Mar 202511 months ago
Submission Deadline
27 Nov 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
27 Nov 20241 years ago
Contract Period
31 Mar 2025 - 31 Dec 2025 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR POLICE AND CRIME
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SE1 0LL
Post Town
South East London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark
Delivery Location
TLI London
Local Authority
Southwark
Electoral Ward
Borough & Bankside
Westminster Constituency
Bermondsey and Old Southwark

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

M & C SAATCHI WORLD SERVICES

Further Information

Notice Documents

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