Notice Information
Notice Title
Media Agency Services
Notice Description
The BFI is seeking an experienced media agency to deliver all-channel and all-business area paid media planning, buying and campaign delivery and optimisation, with a focus on digital channels. The business areas include all under the BFI brand, nationally and internationally, but excludes Global Screen Fund and other BFI funded partner projects eg Escapes. Each business area operates with discreet KPIs and within a variety of parameters and have separate but often over-lapping audiences all engaged at some level with the BFI brand and experience. An essential requirement for a media agency is experience of working with a complex, overarching brand that operates multiple touchpoints for customers and audiences, in an arts, heritage, film, TV, government or education environment. The successful agency must be able to demonstrate previous experience of achieving a range of KPIs and campaign metrics within multiple campaign briefs, including commercial and engagement.
Lot Information
Lot 1
BFI is seeking an experienced media planning and buying agency to deliver all-channel and all-business area paid media planning, buying and campaign delivery and optimisation, with a focus on digital channels. The business areas include all under the BFI brand, nationally and internationally, but excludes Global Screen Fund and other BFI funded partner projects eg Escapes. Each business area operates with discreet KPIs and within a variety of parameters and have separate but often over-lapping audiences all engaged at some level with the BFI brand and experience. An essential requirement for a media agency is experience of working with a complex, overarching brand that operates multiple touchpoints for customers and audiences, in an arts, heritage, film, TV, government or education environment. A successful agency must be able to demonstrate previous experience of achieving a range of KPIs and campaign metrics within multiple campaign briefs, including commercial and engagement.
Renewal: Potential 2 year extension.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0487f4
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008945-2025
- 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
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79340000 - Advertising and marketing services
79342000 - Marketing services
79413000 - Marketing management consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £400,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £400,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £400,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 12 Mar 202511 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 5 Sep 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 1 Mar 202511 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE
- Contact Name
- Selina Muir
- Contact Email
- selina.muir@bfi.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- W1T 1LN
- Post Town
- West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI36 Camden
- Delivery Location
- TLI London
-
- Local Authority
- Camden
- Electoral Ward
- Bloomsbury
- Westminster Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
Further Information
Notice URLs
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