# Information Operations Research Capability \(IORC\)

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Home Office](/buyers/home-office/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Adam Smith International Ltd](/contract-winners/adam-smith-international/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £8,000,000
- Tender value: £8,000,000
- Award date: 1 April 2024
- Published: 20 May 2024
- Contract start: 1 April 2024
- Contract end: 31 March 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 3f8b04c0-2c94-437f-b980-5898230115e0-752415
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-5a3ad992-7df1-46bc-8057-a92a95d2a835

## Description

To understand the tactics, techniques and procedures malign actors use to influence UK audiences / communities, whether such activity is impacting UK audience / community attitudes and behaviours, and to design and evaluate a proportionate but impactful response to the activity

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3f8b04c0-2c94-437f-b980-5898230115e0-752415)