PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Qualitative exploration of language used about, and to, AI chatbots, perceptions of trust, and reported media literacy behaviours

How to read contract values: notice stages, dates and worked examples

OFCOM · published 6 Nov 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 ID779081a4-c909-421f-8695-aa6702b34972-920762
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-0952d54d-a227-4b7d-8393-b45cb0da1d56
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
£85,536
award field
Tender value
£85,536
tender field
Procurement method
Other - Mini 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 of a qualitative research project on the exploration of language used about, and to, AI chatbots, perceptions of trust, and reported media literacy behaviours.

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 release6 Nov 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published5 Nov 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published30 Sept 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published5 Nov 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published30 Apr 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 6 Nov 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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