Notice Information
Notice Title
Digital Marketing Services
Notice Description
This is the award notice The cost of winning bidder has been assessed on the cost of their service against a PS400k per annum budget over a 4 year period The budget may increase or decrease per annum during the life of the contract.
Planning Information
To access the request for information documents please register on In-tend and obtain the documents from there. https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ljmu/aspx/Home Please do not make direct access with the buyer either by email or telephone - we cannot guarantee we will respond
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a0a1
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023972-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79342000 - Marketing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £2,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £151,056 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Mar 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 28 Jan 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 5 Jan 2026Expired
- Award Date
- 13 Mar 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Jul 2026 - 31 Jul 2030 4-5 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
- LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LIVERPOOL
- Postcode
- L3 5AH
- Post Town
- Liverpool
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD7 Merseyside
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD72 Liverpool
- Delivery Location
- TLD7 Merseyside
-
- Local Authority
- Liverpool
- Electoral Ward
- Brownlow Hill
- Westminster Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023972-2026
17th March 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075349-2025
19th November 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060447-2025
29th September 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059086-2025
24th September 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ljmu/aspx/Home
e-tendering portal - all interested parties must register on In-tend - please do not contact the Buyer via email or tel
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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