PS26168 - Audit of internet services
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITEDEstimated Value
£200,000 – £0
Deadline
1 July 2026
Published
28 July 2026
Type
services
At a glance
- Estimated value
- From £200,000
- Closing date
- 1 July 2026 (closed)
- Published
- 28 July 2026
- Location
- England
- Type
- Services
- CPV code
- 73000000 79310000 Research & development
- Contract ends
- 14 October 2026
- Likely incumbent
- Basis Social Limited (trading as The Social Agency), current contract ends October 2027
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Full Description
Description
***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This contract has been awarded on CCS Research & Insights DPS RM6126.
Brief Description
To test the feasibility, effectiveness and scalability of auditing and reporting functions for an auditor of internet services that host pornography in order to inform the government's options to close the online/offline parity gap.
- Generate evidence: Produce robust findings on the availability of certain types of pornographic content on a variety of internet services and the apparent compliance challenges to inform policy decisions.
- Assess feasibility: Evaluate how auditing of internet services could operate in practice, including technical considerations.
- Test capability and limitations: Identify what information can be reliably gathered through audits, including any risks and constraints.
- Explore scalability: Assess whether the auditing approach can be applied consistently across a diverse and high-volume online market.
- Inform parity options: Provide insight to support ministerial decisions on how the government should most effectively close the online/offline parity gap and whether to pursue an auditing function as part of the response.
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Award Details
British Board of Film Classification
£200,000
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Likely incumbents
Suppliers who won similar work from this buyer in the last 5 years.
- 1
Basis Social Limited (trading as The Social Agency)
1 contract wonlatest 23 Jul 2026ends 29 Oct 2027£69,730
total awarded
- 2
Moore Kingston Smith LLP
1 contract wonlatest 7 May 2026ends 30 Sept 2026£20,000
total awarded
- 3
DLA Piper UK LLP
1 contract wonlatest 26 Mar 2026ends 31 Mar 2027£99,000
total awarded
Basis Social Limited (trading as The Social Agency) is the most likely incumbent based on recency and category match. To win, bidders typically need a clearly differentiated proposition or a price advantage.
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UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITEDKey Dates
Published
28 July 2026
Submission deadline
1 July 2026
Renewal expected40% confident
June 2027
Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Jun 2027).
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