When does Ofcom re-tender its contracts?

Ofcom has 33 contracts with a published end date. 9 are inside the re-tender window now, and 16 more reach it within the next twelve months. The window is estimated from each contract's end date minus a lead time scaled to its value, because a larger contract is usually prepared a year or more ahead. It is an estimate, not an announcement: the buyer can extend, re-scope or cancel.

Where does this information come from?

Every contract here comes from notices Ofcom published on the UK government's Find a Tender service, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. End dates, values and suppliers are as the buyer published them.

Buyers / Public authority - sub-central government

Ofcom: 33 contracts expiring, £2.6m tracked

Every Ofcom contract with a published end date, from the buyer's own award notices, and 7 tenders it has published. Re-tender windows are computed estimates.

Contracts expiring

with a published end date

Combined value

£2.6m

net published values

Window open now

re-tender due, nothing published

Next to expire

30 Nov 2026

Top sector: Business services, legal, HR and marketing

Expiring next

Contract	Value	Ends	Re-tender opens	Incumbent	Phase
Informed Voices: developing critical skills for democracy	£386k	30 Nov 2026	Subscribers	Subscribers	Window open
Cloudsense Upgrade	£59k incl. VAT	30 Nov 2026	Subscribers	Subscribers	Window open
Edison Podcast Research	£42k incl. VAT	30 Nov 2026	Subscribers	Subscribers	Window open
Understanding BSL Users Experiences of Access Services on TV and VoD platforms	£84k	30 Nov 2026	Subscribers	Subscribers	Window open
Log Periodic Horizontal Antenna Repair	£40k incl. VAT	01 Dec 2026	Subscribers	Subscribers	Window open
Media literacy for primary schools in Birmingham	£99k	17 Dec 2026	Subscribers	Subscribers	Window open
Media literacy for secondary schools in Birmingham	£100k	17 Dec 2026	Subscribers	Subscribers	Window open
Provision of industry TV audience viewing data	£1.0m	31 Dec 2026	Subscribers	Subscribers	Window open
Annual subscription to the IEEE Electronic Library (Xplore)	£47k incl. VAT	31 Jan 2027	Subscribers	Subscribers	Window open
Networking Kit	£38k incl. VAT	13 Feb 2027	Subscribers	Subscribers	Opening soon

23 more Ofcom contracts are on the radar filtered to this buyer.

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The radar filtered to Ofcom lists all 33, with the incumbent on each and the month it is likely to go back out, and can email you at 8am whenever one is new or its re-tender window opens. The link below is shareable.

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What Ofcom buys

Contracts by sector, from the CPV codes on each notice.

Business services, legal, HR and marketing8 IT services and software development7 Research and development4 Education and training4 Software and information systems3 Communications equipment2 Repair and maintenance2 Health and social care1 Financial services and insurance1 Architecture, engineering and surveying1

Open for bids now

Provision of flexible Benefits Administration Services and Platform£350k23 days left
Media Literacy Social Return on Investment£121k26 days left

Who holds contracts here

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Common questions

When does Ofcom re-tender its contracts?: Ofcom has 33 contracts with a published end date. 9 are inside the re-tender window now, and 16 more reach it within the next twelve months. The window is estimated from each contract's end date minus a lead time scaled to its value, because a larger contract is usually prepared a year or more ahead. It is an estimate, not an announcement: the buyer can extend, re-scope or cancel.
What does Ofcom buy?: By the CPV codes on its contracts, the largest groups are business services, legal, hr and marketing (8), it services and software development (7), research and development (4). A contract can carry codes from more than one group.
Where does this information come from?: Every contract here comes from notices Ofcom published on the UK government's Find a Tender service, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. End dates, values and suppliers are as the buyer published them.

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