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title: "Promoting Compliance - Business Discovery / Alpha Research"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "OFCOM"
published: "2023-11-15"
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# Promoting Compliance - Business Discovery / Alpha Research

Buyer: OFCOM  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ec52480a-f6c6-43e4-8eb9-cf0d653b74e5

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## Summary

The buying organisation Ofcom has awarded a contract for the tender titled "Promoting Compliance - Business Discovery / Alpha Research" in the services industry category. The procurement stage was completed with a total contract value of £124,805 GBP. The contract period runs from October 26, 2023, to March 31, 2024. The deadline for the tender period was September 26, 2023. The location for the procurement is in London, England.

This tender, awarded to Strat7 Limited trading as Jigsaw Research, offers opportunities for businesses, especially SMEs, and market research service providers to engage in user-centric digital support service delivery. Businesses well-suited to compete would need expertise in market research services and the ability to support regulated businesses in complying with the Online Safety Act requirements while promoting compliance within the industry.

## Notice

Ofcom requires international reaching research, primarily to support Ofcom's work for the upcoming Online Safety regime, specifically to support to creation of a user-centric long-term end-to-end digital support service to help regulated business to comply with their new duties set out in the Online Safety Act and promote compliance amongst this group. We need user research to underpin the design of the digital support service - first of all to understand the needs of these businesses through a discovery phase, before moving into alpha testing of early prototypes of the service.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/198a0224-ff37-4611-973d-765d4f7b94ef |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Nov 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 26 Sep 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 12 Oct 2023 |
| Contract period | 25 Oct 2023 - 31 Mar 2024 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £124,805 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £124,805 |
| 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 | STRAT7 LIMITED, TRADING AS JIGSAW RESEARCH |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79310000 - Market research services

## Release History

- 15 Nov 2023 at 11:22 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/198a0224-ff37-4611-973d-765d4f7b94ef

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/198a0224-ff37-4611-973d-765d4f7b94ef
  15th November 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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