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# Untold Stories - a media literacy response to mis & dis information

Buyer: OFCOM  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-26ad6f7b-8923-40bf-931a-5983cd57afcc

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## Summary

Ofcom is seeking proposals for a programme titled "Untold Stories - a media literacy response to mis & dis information," focusing on improving media literacy skills to better identify misinformation. This tender is categorised under training programme services and is available to SMEs and VCSEs. The programme, with an estimated value of £150,000, will run from 21 January 2025 to 20 January 2027 and addresses various regions including the UK, British Overseas Territories, Channel Islands, and Europe. The tender is currently in the stage of inviting tenders, with the deadline for submissions being 6 January 2025, and it's being conducted under an Other - Under threshold ITT procurement method.

This opportunity allows businesses specialising in media and news literacy to contribute to societal improvements by enhancing public skills in discerning reliable news sources. It is particularly well-suited for organisations with existing media literacy programmes that can be adapted to meet Ofcom’s requirements. Qualified businesses can benefit from increased engagement in the educational sector and the potential to foster community ties through the promotion of critical thinking and local media collaboration. This tender also offers an excellent opportunity for growth and diversification within the training programme services industry.

## Notice

Under the Online Safety Act, Ofcom has media literacy duties including a responsibility to commission activities that support women and girls, help people spot and avoid misinformation, and understand how platforms use our personal data. This ITT sets out our requirements to help people spot and avoid mis and disinformation through understanding how stories become news. This will build their media literacy knowledge, skills and behaviour and their engagement with news. Media literacy has a role to play in supporting people to possess the critical thinking skills to better spot mis and disinformation and identify news and information they can trust. literacy, sometimes known as news literacy, teaches audiences how to judge the reliability and credibility of news and information, and distinguish professionally produced news from other forms of content. Our research showing that 44% of people agreed with the statement "the more a story is edited, the less it is likely to be true" suggests that enhancing understanding of how stories become news could better equip people to make more informed judgements about mis and disinformation. At the same time, local media has a vital role to play in the social fabric of the UK. Local media, and particularly the local public interest news it produces, can help to deliver important benefits to society by supporting local democracy and holding councils and other local institutions to account. Local media is also an important way for many communities to stay informed about local information and events, which in turn can help to promote social cohesion and community engagement. It can give a voice to people from a variety of backgrounds and beliefs, reflect an entire community back to itself and promote greater mutual understanding. It also has the potential to stimulate local economies by promoting local businesses and events that bring people into an area. As a result, effective local media provision has previously been described as an important element of the glue that can help build and bind communities together. Research also points to the commitment of local journalists to create a sense of community and to defend it, suggesting that engagement with local media could be part of the solution to countering wider hatred, disinformation and polarisation. We require an organisation or organisations who can deliver a programme that improves adults' media literacy skills, specifically that they are better able to identify mis and disinformation and that they have a better understanding of how news is produced, ideally through having produced their own local news reports. It is likely that your organisation has already developed a media/news literacy programme, although it may require some adaptation to meet the requirements of this tender.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3dee3a8c-a9ad-4b34-9e95-1d4cbffc0693 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Other - Under threshold ITT |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 9 Dec 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 6 Jan 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 21 Jan 2025 - 20 Jan 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £150,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | OFCOM |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South East London |
| Postcode | SE1 9HA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark |
| Local authority | Southwark |
| Electoral ward | Borough & Bankside |
| Westminster constituency | Bermondsey and Old Southwark |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80521000 - Training programme services

## Release History

- 9 Dec 2024 at 09:21 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3dee3a8c-a9ad-4b34-9e95-1d4cbffc0693

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3dee3a8c-a9ad-4b34-9e95-1d4cbffc0693
  9th December 2024 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- https://ofcom.bravosolution.co.uk

## Provenance

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