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Technical Support for Designing the Navigating Childhood in a Digital Age (NCDA) Research

Issued by UNICEF · via UNGM — UN Global Marketplace

Published
3 Nov 2026
Closes
26 Nov 2026
Reference
RFPS-NYH-2026-503975
Location
United Kingdom

At a glance

UNICEF in United Kingdom has published a request for proposals: “Technical Support for Designing the Navigating Childhood in a Digital Age (NCDA) Research”. Submissions close on 26 November 2026, 22 days from today. Quote reference RFPS-NYH-2026-503975 in any correspondence with the buyer. FreeTender has recorded 915 notices from this buyer since 2025, 193 of them currently open. Bids are submitted to the buyer through UNGM — UN Global Marketplace, not through FreeTender.

Details

UNICEF has now issued a Request for Proposals in order to select an organization to provide Technical Support for Designing the Navigating Childhood in a Digital Age (NCDA) Research.

This engagement seeks a UK-based research institution or organization to provide specialized technical advisory support to UNICEF Innocenti in designing and preparing the Navigating Childhood in a Digital Age (NCDA) study in England. The selected partner will not conduct the research itself but will provide expert guidance on longitudinal mixed-methods research design, sampling approaches, survey and qualitative instruments, ethics and safeguarding protocols, analysis frameworks, and interpretation of findings. The objective is to strengthen the quality, feasibility, and implementation readiness of a three-wave study examining how artificial intelligence and digital experiences influence adolescent well-being, development, and relationships in England.

This tender will be run through the UNICEF e-submissions system.

By clicking on the blue ‘Express Interest’ button in the UNGM tender notice, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document (including instructions on how to access the tender documents and submit an Offer) will be automatically emailed to the ‘contact persons’ included in your UNGM registration. Alternatively, the full UNICEF e-submission system instructions to bidders document is publicly available on the UNICEF supply internet pages here: https://www.unicef.org/supply/index_procurement_policies.html . In the tender management site, if you navigate to the documents tab and opt in to confirm your intention to submit a Bid – you will then see the mandatory placeholders for documents that must be attached prior to submitting your Offer (you will also see if there are any mandatory questionnaires to complete). As such, you are recommended to `opt in` well before the submission deadline so you are clear exactly what documents are required to be uploaded prior to completing your submission. Please note that in order to access the tender documentation through UNICEF’s e-submissions system, vendors must: (i) be registered with UNICEF in UNGM as a company/NGO; (ii) have successfully completed all mandatory information currently required by UNGM when registering. Please ensure that any files submitted as part of your Bid are not corrupt or damaged in any way. Please exercise particular caution when using compressed files. Any corrupt or damaged files may lead to your Bid being invalidated. All vendors are strongly recommended to regularly log in to the UNICEF e-submissions system to check for any deadline extensions, new clarifications, new correspondence or updated tender documents relating to this tender.

Context for bidders

We hold 915 notices from UNICEF, going back to September 2025 — 193 of them still open. They buy mostly in Financial & Professional Services, Media, Printing & Advertising and Water & Environment. This one closes in 22 days.

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