Notice Information
Notice Title
School Teacher Recruitment Marketing Campaign
Notice Description
The objective of the School Teacher Recruitment Marketing Campaign is to support recruitment of c. 35,000 people into Initial Teacher Training every year, alongside the government priority to recruit an additional 6,500 new expert teachers across our schools, both mainstream and specialist, and our colleges over the course of this parliament. (This campaign will only target school teachers). Our aim is to inspire and attract candidates and grow the appeal of teaching amongst students and graduates under the age of 30, who are the group most likely to train to become a teacher. We are looking for a lead creative and strategic agency that will set a new direction for the school recruitment marketing campaign to tackle a challenging, ever-changing graduate recruitment market and ensure the campaign delivers communications excellence and innovation, as demanded by Government Communications Service professional standards. The deliverables of this campaign are: * Campaign strategy and platform. * Brand strategy and guardianship to support wider marketing activities. * Creative development and production for paid advertising and to support the application of the creative strategy and platform across other marketing touchpoints, including the Get Into Teaching website. * Strategy, development and content production for direct marketing journeys (segmented email programmes). This tender notice is for the award of a public contract through a competitive flexible procedure in accordance with section 20(1) and (2)(b) of the Procurement Act 2023.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: Options to purchase additional services as required.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04f7de
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059704-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- CPV Codes
79340000 - Advertising and marketing services
79341400 - Advertising campaign services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £7,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £7,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £7,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- £9,000,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 25 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 31 Mar 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 22 Jul 20257 months ago
- Contract Period
- 24 Sep 2025 - 24 Sep 2029 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- policyassurance.commercialqueries@education.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1P 3BT
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059704-2025
25th September 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045178-2025
1st August 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010886-2025
24th March 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Notice URLs
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