Notice Information
Notice Title
The Provision of Marketing, Campaigns, and Media Buying Services
Notice Description
The Provision of UG Student Recruitment Marketing, Campaigns, and Media Buying Services for the University of Gloucestershire.
Lot Information
Lot 1
University of Gloucestershire (UoG) is seeking to appoint an experienced and reputable supplier to provide marketing, communication and brand services for a 3-year period starting on 20 March 2026 and finishing on 19 March 2029. The University reserves the right to extend the contract agreement by a further year at its sole discretion. The contract will be awarded based on Media planning, buying & execution for an annual undergraduate student recruitment campaign. This could be setup in the current format of the three separate core recruitment campaigns across the year (Apply, Open Days & Clearing) - up to PS500,000 pa, including all media and management fees, or it could be a single annual or 18-month campaign that reflects the full recruitment cycle with multiple phases to encompass the different and changing actions we want our audience to make.
Options: The University reserves the right to extend the contract agreement by 1 year at its sole discretion.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-035235
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000456-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79340000 - Advertising and marketing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,580,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 19 Aug 2022Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 6 Sep 20223 years ago
- Contract Period
- 19 Sep 2022 - 19 Sep 2025 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- 3 to 4 years.
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
- Contact Name
- Natalie Morris, Robin Hare
- Contact Email
- nmorris3@glos.ac.uk, rhare@glos.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1242714178
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CHELTENHAM
- Postcode
- GL50 2RH
- Post Town
- Gloucester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK73 Gloucestershire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLK South West (England), TLK1 Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
-
- Local Authority
- Cheltenham
- Electoral Ward
- Park
- Westminster Constituency
- Cheltenham
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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