# Children's Online Safety Tracker

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by OFCOM.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [OFCOM](/buyers/ofcom/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [Discovery Research Ltd](/suppliers/discovery-research/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £600,000
- Tender value: £600,000
- Award date: 23 July 2024
- Published: 18 November 2024
- Contract start: 22 August 2024
- Contract end: 23 July 2028
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 027474c9-ee80-4c23-964a-252a5adeded2-803225
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3e314a6d-97f1-49f3-bb2f-ba550e1c9d71

## Description

The Children's Online Safety Tracker \(C-OST\) will measure and understand UK children's online experiences, which Ofcom require to fulfil our remit of protecting children online under the Online Safety Act 2023\. The C-OST is anticipated to replace the children's element of Ofcom's current Online Experiences Tracker \(OET\) and become a dedicated, tailored and child focused quantitative tracking survey\. The C-OST will aim to deliver two waves of data each year, reporting on children's experiences of online harms \(including primary priority content and priority content that is harmful to children1\) and related topics such as awareness and usage of safety tools\. Futures waves of the tracker will monitor changes and report trend data\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/027474c9-ee80-4c23-964a-252a5adeded2-803225)