ONR1155 - Provision of Media Training to the Office for Nuclear Regulation Senior Leadership Team
Office for Nuclear Regulation · UK-wide · up to £80,000
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What the buyer wants
Provision of tailored media and social media training for the Office for Nuclear Regulation's Senior Leadership Team and Chair to enhance confident and effective communication across various media channels, including broadcast, print, social media, and parliamentary committees.
The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) is the independent UK regulator of the nuclear industry, including existing, decommissioned and new reactors. It employs more than 700 professional staff, with specialist regulatory roles (e.g. nuclear safety/security/safeguards); corporate professions including Policy and Communications, Finance, Information Technology (IT), and Human Resources, and other core functions. ONR's Head Office, housing its main functions, is in Bootle, Liverpool, with two smaller offices in London and Cheltenham.
ONR independently regulates nuclear safety and security at 37 nuclear licensed sites in the UK. We also regulate transport and ensure that safeguards obligations for the UK are met. Our duty is to ensure that the nuclear industry controls its hazards effectively, has a culture of continuous improvement and maintains high standards.
ONR requires media training for selected members of its Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and the ONR Chair to support effective, confident and consistent engagement with the media, parliamentary committees and other public-facing communication channels including social media. The training will help senior representatives respond to challenging questions, communicate complex regulatory issues clearly and develop concise, confident on-camera skills for digital and social media channels.
ONR is seeking to award a contract to a suitably qualified media training supplier to design and deliver tailored media and social media training for members of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and ONR Chair. The training must reflect the different specialisms, public-facing responsibilities and leadership roles within ONR.
ONR also requires the ability to arrange refresher training and additional ad hoc training for further personnel, as required, at fixed rates for the duration of the contract.
The successful contractor will supply broadcast media training to enable ONR personnel to talk confidently to a camera, virtually, down-the-line (radio) but also to other media including print media and social media messaging. Training should support ONR personnel to adapt their style and message delivery, depending on audience, channel and line of questioning, and be confident in conveying key messages, even when under pressure.
Training will also encompass developing ONR personnel to deliver competent video messaging for social media and longer form in-house videos, requiring subjects to be confident in front of a camera, able to deliver strong messaging and narratives without prompts or uncertainty.
Training may be provided virtually where practical, and also in ONR's offices (Bootle, Cheltenham and/or London) depending on the nature of the training required and the availability of ONR personnel. The contractor should make use of equipment as necessary to create a realistic environment for a range of different media scenarios, with an ability to play back interviews to review and improve performance.
Training should be made up of a blended approach of face-to-face sessions, duration of approximately 3 hours or 0.5 day per individual, and shorter refresher sessions delivered virtually (e.g. via Zoom or MS Teams) of between 1-2 hours.
More than one media trainer should be made available to deliver sessions so that training participants experience different interview styles during the course of their training.
The contractor will be required to liaise with the ONR Communications team to work up realistic scenarios for training and will carry out independent research to produce a "key messages" briefing tailored for each session. The contractor will advise on the level of advanced preparation that will be required by SLT participants. Knowledge of the nuclear industry, ONR's role and regulatory parlance is highly desirable and the contractor must be able to present projected costs for such preparatory work.
The contractor will also train ONR personnel to be able to perform competently in the parliamentary committee arena when the dynamic is different to a media environment, but no less pressured.
How Tenderoo reads it
The notice reads as suitable for a small or medium-sized firm: the scope, value and requirements are within reach of a business of that size.
Services required
- Management training services
What you will need to show
- Knowledge of nuclear industry and ONR role — Supplier must demonstrate understanding of the nuclear industry, ONR's role, and regulatory language to tailor training effectively.
- Provide tailored media training sessions — Supplier must design and deliver customized media training reflecting different specialisms and leadership roles within ONR.
- Offer refresher and ad hoc training at fixed rates — Supplier must provide options for refresher and additional ad hoc training for further personnel during the contract at fixed rates.
- Use blended training delivery methods — Training should combine face-to-face sessions (approx. 3 hours per individual) and shorter virtual refresher sessions (1-2 hours).
- Provide multiple trainers for varied interview styles — Supplier must provide more than one media trainer to expose participants to different interview styles during training.
- Use realistic media scenarios and playback equipment — Supplier must create realistic training environments using equipment to simulate media scenarios and enable performance review via playback.
- Liaise with ONR Communications team — Supplier must collaborate with ONR Communications to develop realistic training scenarios and tailor key messages for each session.
- Advise on participant preparation — Supplier must advise on the level of advanced preparation required by participants before training sessions.
Lots
- Lot 1 (up to £80,000)
Key facts
- Buyer: Office for Nuclear Regulation
- Estimated value: up to £80,000
- Deadline: 6 November 2026
- Location: UK-wide
- Published on: Find a Tender
- First seen by Tenderoo: 7 October 2026
- CPV: 80532000
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