# National and regional media monitoring

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [OFFICE FOR STANDARDS IN EDUCATION, CHILDRENS SERVICES AND SKILLS](/buyers/office-for-standards-in-education-childrens-services-and-skills/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Carma International Ltd
- Award value: £147,571
- Tender value: £116,143
- Award date: 28 August 2025
- Published: 9 October 2025
- Contract start: 10 October 2025
- Contract end: 9 October 2027
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: b2b060c8-7926-46f9-9777-8ce207b5b3a4-866327
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-99b454e7-5467-4973-b764-e5cb78bd8aae

## Description

This Contract is for the provision of a media monitoring service, which is needed by the External Communications team to ensure they can monitor where Ofsted is being discussed and / or represented in the national, regional and trade press media\. The procurement was run via the CCS Research & Insights Dynamic Purchasing System \(DPS\) The Research & Insights DPS is for all media monitoring and related services\. There are currently 467 suppliers on the DPS, and selection was made by completing several filters to provide a shortlist of suppliers who were then invited to a further competition process\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b2b060c8-7926-46f9-9777-8ce207b5b3a4-866327)