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title: "Exploring Adults' Engagement with Suicide, Self-Harm, and Eating Disorder Online Content"
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# Exploring Adults' Engagement with Suicide, Self-Harm, and Eating Disorder Online Content

Buyer: OFCOM  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9f73f6a6-980c-4dce-af90-4602f359f418

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## Summary

The tender process, initiated by OFCOM, focused on exploring adults' engagement with online content related to suicide, self-harm, and eating disorders. Classified under market research services (CPV code 79310000), the contract was awarded to MEL Research Ltd for £60,126. The procurement was conducted as a mini competition via the Ofcom Market Research Framework Agreement. The contract period runs from 2nd September 2025 to 1st April 2026, covering research activities primarily conducted in the UK and potentially extending to British Overseas Territories, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, and other international locations. The procurement process reached the award stage on 11th September 2025, with the award being published on the same date. 

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in market research services, offering insights into online behavioural trends. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as well as voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSE), would find this procurement particularly suitable due to the emphasis on research services adaptable to diverse regions and demographics. Companies adept at handling sensitive online behavioural data, offering analytical expertise, and capable of providing innovative user support tools would be well-positioned to engage with similar opportunities. Engaging in such contracts not only provides financial growth but also enhances an organisation's portfolio within the digital and social research sector.

## Notice

The research aims to understand how UK adults engage with online content related to suicide, self-harm, and eating disorders, including how such content is encountered, its perceived impact, and how experiences vary across different groups. It also seeks to explore the role of support tools - particularly the role of features that help users to avoid and take other action in relation to legal content - and wider interventions to better protect and empower users in relation to S/SH/ED content.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2ddcc743-08ee-4dfb-8069-f362362671dc |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Other - Mini Competition via Ofcom Market Research Framework Agreement |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 11 Sep 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 10 Jul 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 14 Aug 2025 |
| Contract period | 1 Sep 2025 - 1 Apr 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £60,126 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £60,126 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | MEL RESEARCH |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79310000 - Market research services

## Release History

- 11 Sep 2025 at 11:52 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2ddcc743-08ee-4dfb-8069-f362362671dc

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2ddcc743-08ee-4dfb-8069-f362362671dc
  11th September 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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