PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

nderstanding and exploring potential mitigations against the user journey of fraud

OFCOM · published 20 Aug 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID5b1c6b44-86bd-4a7b-a168-10781ca75597-911401
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-3925b4d0-b87d-44e1-914f-734f4444bb30
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-42310
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£70,200
award field
Tender value
£70,200
tender field
Procurement method
Other - Competition via Ofcom Market Research Framework Agreement
Category
services
CPV
79310000
Market research services
Delivery
Not stated
SE1 9HA
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Delivery media literacy and fraud qualitative research, specifically to help Ofcom understand and explore the potential mitigations against the user journey of modern fraud across online platforms and telecommunication environments.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

Source-date conflictAt least one reported end date precedes its corresponding start date. Check the official notice before using the schedule.
  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release20 Aug 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published18 Aug 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published29 Jul 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published18 Aug 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2027
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

Published name only

Magenta Research Ltd

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 20 Aug 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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