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Digital and Media Advertising

New College Durham

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

01 Oct 2026 at 14:38

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Award

01 Oct 2026 at 13:58

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Planning

12 Sep 2025 at 13:30

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

New College Durham procured advertising and marketing services through two lots: digital advertising and media advertising. The stated purpose was to appoint a supplier for media advertising; the digital advertising lot was not awarded in this process and is intended to be retendered. The media advertising work is for the college, with delivery covering England. This is a services requirement in the advertising and marketing sector (CPV 79340000).

The procurement is complete. New College Durham ran a two-stage tender through the MultiQuote Portal, with bids assessed against the criteria in the tender documents. Lot 2, media advertising, was awarded to Steve Davidson for £258,000. The award is dated 1 October 2026, with the contract scheduled to run from 3 November 2026 to 2 November 2029 and a 24-month extension option. Lot 1, digital advertising, was not awarded; its £103,000 award entry remains pending, and the buyer says it will be retendered. Both lots concern delivery across England. The data describes the method as a direct award but clarifies that no direct award was made; the contract followed a competitive tender.

For suppliers considering comparable work from New College Durham, this procurement shows demand for both digital and media advertising, although only media advertising resulted in an award here. A credible competitor would need to provide advertising and marketing services suited to a college buyer and demonstrate the ability to deliver across England. The buyer used a two-stage tender and evaluated multiple submitted bids against criteria set out in its tender documents, so suppliers should be ready to respond to a structured competition and evidence their fit against published evaluation requirements. The awarded supplier is an SME, and the digital lot was identified as suitable for SMEs, indicating that smaller businesses can be relevant to this requirement. The scale shown by the media advertising award is substantial; the work also carries an extension option.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Digital and Media Advertising

Notice Description

New College is seeking to award a contract for Media Advertising provision. A full 2 stage tender exercise was carried out via the MultiQuote Portal, with multiple suppliers submitting bids. All bids were evaluated against the evaluation criteria within the tender documents published. Following the tender evaluation process, New College Durham decided to only Award Lot 2 - Media Advertising, and not Award Lot 1 - Digital Advertising. Lot 1 - Digital Advertising will be retendered. New College Durham have issued a UK5 - Transparency Notice, prior to this notice, due to the tender notice failing to publish on Find a Tender site, and only being published on Contracts Finder. For the avoidance of doubt no Direct Award has been made.

Planning Information

Suppliers interested in participating are invited to register their interest by contacting Craig Long, craig.long@newdur.ac.uk by 30 September 2025.

Procurement Information

A full 2 stage tender exercise was carried out via the MultiQuote Portal, with multiple suppliers submitting bids. All bids were evaluated against the evaluation criteria within the tender documents published. Following the tender evaluation process, New College Durham has decided to only Award Lot 2 - Media Advertising, and not Award Lot 1 - Digital Advertising. Lot 1 - Digital Advertising will be retendered. New College Durham are issuing a UK5 - Transparency Notice due to the tender notice failing to be published on Find a Tender, and only published on Contracts Finder. For the avoidance of doubt no Direct Award has been made.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-059971
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092904-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Tender Suitability
SME
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

79341000 - Advertising services

79342000 - Marketing services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£361,000 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Oct 20263 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
1 Oct 20263 weeks ago
Contract Period
3 Nov 2026 - 2 Nov 2029 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Pending
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
New College Durham
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
DURHAM
Postcode
DH1 5ES
Postcode Area
Durham
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLC North East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLC41 Durham
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
County Durham
Electoral Ward
Framwellgate & Newton Hall
Westminster Constituency
City of Durham

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Steve Davidson

Further Information

Notice Documents

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