# Foreign interference via search services

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Ofcom](/buyers/ofcom/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund of t
- Award value: £58,135
- Tender value: £58,135
- Award date: 11 January 2023
- Published: 12 April 2023
- Contract start: 25 January 2023
- Contract end: 30 April 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: f171cda2-6e04-4062-b396-f73e5dbff4ab-634164
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-4ed074cc-5074-4b19-938c-1394ed1ac0c9

## Description

Ofcom requires research into foreign interference via search services and search engines\. We are seeking to collect evidence on the prevalence of foreign interference activities via search services or engines and how search services or engines currently conceive of, monitor, and respond to foreign interference; how effective current mitigations are; what other mitigations are possible, and how effective these could be\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f171cda2-6e04-4062-b396-f73e5dbff4ab-634164)