II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71620000
71621000
72221000
72314000
72316000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
o Catalogue hours and number of titles, with desired breakouts/metadata including:
o Platform and provider level data
o Genre of content
o Type of content (e.g. short-form or long-form, scripted or unscripted)
o Source of content (e.g. original production or licensed)
o Originality status of content (e.g. Netflix Originals)
o Production company and country of content
o Status of production company (e.g. independent)
o Commissioner of content
o Distributor of content
o Age of content
o Content analytics in respect to YouTube would be desirable, but not essential. This may include:
o Type of content
o Key channels available
o Types of organisations producing content on YouTube (e.g. broadcasters, publishers, newspaper brands, production companies, public organisations)
o Audio sector metrics for this module may include:
o Catalogue information for podcast providers and music streaming services
o Detail on content that is exclusive to a podcast provider or streaming service.
o Live radio schedule hours by genre. This could include the following breakouts:
o Whether a station is music-led or speech-led
o If music-led – primary genre splits
o If speech-led – content genre splits (e.g. news, drama, sport, documentaries)
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
165 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
14/03/2025
End:
13/03/2026
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
At Ofcom’s absolute discretion the contract may be extended for up to two further periods of up to twelve months each. The maximum length of the contract is therefore 3 years.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
At Ofcom’s absolute discretion the contract may be extended for up to two further periods of up to twelve months each. The maximum length of the contract is therefore 3 years.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71620000
71621000
72221000
72314000
72316000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
• Subscriber/user bases, with desired breakouts including:
o Platform and provider/operator (e.g. cable, satellite, IPTV, DTT, VoD – by company)
o Service or business line (e.g. breakouts of pay TV, SVoD, etc, rather than total customers at the top line only)
o Business model (e.g. FTA or pay, ad-funded or subscription, online or offline)
o Tier of consumers’ subscriptions or other indicators of package type (e.g. basic or premium; ad-funded or premium; sports, movies, etc)
• Revenues / average revenue per user, with desired breakouts including:
o Platform and provider/operator (e.g. cable, satellite, IPTV, DTT, VoD – by provider)
o Service or business line (e.g. breakouts of pay TV, SVoD, etc, rather than total revenue at the top line only)
o Business model (e.g. FTA or pay, online or offline)
o Revenue source (e.g. subscription, advertising, transactional, other)
o Tier of subscription revenue or other indicators of package type (e.g. basic or premium; ad-funded or premium; sports, movies, etc)
• Spend and investment with desired breakouts including:
o Content, operational, other
• Data on YouTube and/or other social video or video-sharing platforms e.g.
o Ad revenue, with regional and UK splits
o Subscriptions and revenue – YouTube Premium, Premium Lite, YouTube Music
Additional requirements to be considered as part of module 2:
• Any equivalent metrics for the above as applied to the audio sector, i.e. podcast providers, music streaming services and live radio. This could include:
o Podcast revenues, split by source (e.g. advertising, sponsorship, subscription, other)
o Podcast content spend
o Music streaming revenues, split by source (e.g. advertising, subscription)
o Live radio revenues, split by broadcast/online
o Content spend for live radio programming
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
165 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
14/03/2025
End:
13/03/2026
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
At Ofcom’s absolute discretion the contract may be extended for up to two further periods of up to twelve months each. The maximum length of the contract is therefore 3 years
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
At Ofcom’s absolute discretion the contract may be extended for up to two further periods of up to twelve months each. The maximum length of the contract is therefore 3 years
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No