Media Consumption Pathways and Trust
Key facts
- Deadline to express interest or request to participate
- Friday 6 November 2026, 17:00 (UK time) Interest closes in 21 days
- Buyer's estimated value
- £1,500,000 (excl. VAT) The buyer's own estimate, not income to you.
- Clarification questions deadline
- 26 October 2026, 17:00
- Contract period
- 1 Mar 2027 to 28 Feb 2030
- Procedure
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Notice type
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Suitable for SMEs (per buyer)
- Yes
Decision brief
Taken from the buyer's published notice (shown as written, shortened where long). Tenderpatch has not added to or interpreted it. Always read the official documents before bidding.
- How bids will be scored
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- Quality 80% : Full details will be provided at ITT stage (Stage2). 70% will be weighted towards quality 10% will be weighted towards social value
- Price 20% : Pricing schedule will be provided within the ITT (Stage 2). 20% weighting will be toward price.
- Conditions of participation (what you must show)
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economic Legal and financial capacity conditions of participation Suppliers are required to satisfy the baseline financial capacity conditions set out in Part 3 of the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ). Bidders must self-certify and provide two years of verified financial statements demonstrating a minimum annual turnover equivalent to 1x the maximum estimated annual contract value (£400,000 per year). Where a bidder is a newly formed entity, or consortium relying on parent/associated entity support, alternative evidence of financial standing (such as parent company guarantees, bank references, or confirmed grant funding allocations) may be provided to satisfy this threshold on a pass/fail ba…
technical Technical ability conditions of participation To demonstrate technical capability under Part 3 of the PSQ, suppliers must provide details of two relevant case studies from the past five years that illustrate experience of a similar size, scale, and complexity to this requirement. Bidders must complete either Route 1 (Q15a & Q15b) for formal commercial/public contract history or Route 2 (Q15c & Q15d) for non-contractual, grant-funded, or academic experience. Submissions across both routes will be scored and evaluated against four weighted criteria: Research aims and scope, detailing the overarching research questions. (10%) The approach, design and execution of mixed-methods research methodo…
other Selection criteria: The department will use a two-stage competitive process. In Stage 1, candidate suppliers will be evaluated on a Pass/Fail basis against Part 1 (Supplier Information), Part 2 (Exclusions), and Part 3 Conditions of Participation (Financial Turnover threshold of £400k/year and Required Insurance Levels). Bidders meeting all Pass/Fail conditions will then be evaluated and ranked based on their response to Question 15 (Technical Ability Case Studies, completed via Route 1 or Route 2). Responses will be evaluated against four weighted criteria: Research aims and scope, detailing the overarching research questions. (10%) The approach, design and execution of mixed-methods resea…
- Contract length and extensions
- 1 Mar 2027 to 28 Feb 2030.
- How to submit
- The information and/or documents for this opportunity are available on the Atamis e-sourcing portal: https://dcms.my.site.com/login . You must register on this site to respond. If you are already registered you will not need to register again, simply use your existing username and password. Please… Open dcms.my.site.com ↗ Electronic submission: allowed.
- Changes the buyer has announced
- Incorrect mention of framework.
- Tender documents
- No document links in the notice. Use the official notice link.
New to public tenders? Plain-English guide to this page
- Framework
- An agreement that sets terms for work the buyer may order later, often from several suppliers. The value shown usually covers the whole agreement, not one job.
- Open for bids / closing date
- You must submit by the closing date and time, normally through the buyer's own online portal. Late bids are normally refused.
- Clarification questions
- A deadline for asking the buyer questions about the tender. It is earlier than the closing date.
- Conditions of participation
- What the buyer asks suppliers to show before they can be considered, such as experience, insurance or accreditations.
- Bids are scored on
- How the buyer will compare bids, usually a split between price and quality. A 60/40 split in favour of quality means the cheapest bid will not necessarily win.
- Lots
- A tender can be split into parts. You can often bid for only the lots that suit you.
- Area (ITL)
- The buyer names an official statistical area for where the work is, not a street address. Check the tender documents for the actual sites.
- UK4 and other notice codes
- Official codes for the type of notice. A "tender notice" means bids are being invited.
General explanations written by Tenderpatch, not part of this notice.