Tender Results of Ofcom

Media literacy training for professionals who work with children-Ofcom have identified a gap in Continuing Professional Development related to media literacy for professionals supporting children and young people. This ITT sets out our requirements for media literacy training for professionals who work with children. Through this process we will commission the delivery of two lots of training. We require the development of two training courses for the following professions: - Lot 1: Education and youth professionals - Lot 2: Children's health, s...

Process Flow of Automated Content Classification in Online Platforms-The Safety Technology Group is responsible for ensuring that Ofcom is fully informed of the latest technological innovations. As part of this, we are responsible for understanding the technologies that are deployed on online platforms and how this is likely to evolve in the future, as input to our policies and our operational approach to regulating these services. The main goal is to enhance Ofcom's understanding of the deployment of classifiers for different harms, user age, and types o...

Media Plurality Online: Attention to News on Social Media-Media plurality is the cornerstone of a well-functioning democratic society in which citizens are exposed to a wide range of viewpoints from a variety of different sources, and where any one media owner, or voice, does not have too much influence over public opinion and the political agenda. Ofcom's current statutory duties in this area include securing and maintaining a sufficient plurality of providers of different TV and radio services. Ofcom also has a duty to periodically review the...

Designing an agile approach to regulatory policy making-Ofcom is reviewing its internal processes and culture to ensure we are adopting the latest and best approaches to respond to rapid change and evolving challenges of regulating the communications sectors. We have a requirement for a consultancy to (i) undertake a participative design process with a selected group of Ofcom colleagues to (ii) develop bespoke project processes and systems/tools (the 'Agile policy process and toolkit') that improve the responsiveness and efficiency of ou...

Adaptation of Large Language Models (PhD sponsorship)-Contribution to the funding of a 4 year PhD project at the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training (C

Board Paper Management Software-Board Paper Management Software

User Acceptance and Accuracy Testing for Electronic Clock Auction System-Ofcom has a requirements for testing of an electronic auction system (EAS) designed to run an auction for the award licences of mmWave spectrum in the UK in the 26 GHz and 40 GHz bands. The specific service required is user acceptance testing of the user interfaces and establishing that the EAS accurately implements the auction rules. As a minimum, the service must deliver the following: -User acceptance and functional testing on auctioneer, bidder, and monitor interfaces in line with the ...

Event Production Services-Ofcom has a broad remit in terms of its regulatory duties and the Government has now appointed Ofcom as the regulator for online harms in the UK. With these new duties we are expecting to engage businesses and consumers even more over the coming months and years and so we’re seeking to engage an events production company that can enhance and deliver many Ofcom corporate events. Events will be a mix of in-person, hybrid or virtual. These can take the form of conferences, roun

S&P Global subscription-Provides access to the following platforms below: S&P Ratings Direct - This is the database of Standard & Poor's credit ratings & research, ability to speak to Ratings analysts, early warning signals from Credit Default Swap market. S&P Capital IQ and Capital IQ Pro - Provides insight into non-rated and rated companies including detailed historical financial information, analyst expectations/forecasts, recent news, key personal and credit analysis (including health ch...

The Future of the USO Qualitative Research Project-Ofcom aims to improve it's understanding of how postal user needs have changed since the last review, if at all, and to gain some insight into what types of post people are sending and the necessity or sentimental value of these items. Ofcom also aims to improve its understanding of the barriers to digital alternatives to post.