Provision of Social Media Assets to BBC Radio and BBC Sounds

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        "title": "Provision of Social Media Assets to BBC Radio and BBC Sounds",
        "description": "The BBC is looking for a supplier to provide social media assets for BBC Radio and BBC Sounds. The Tender will be split into 2 lots as follows: Lot 1 - Standard Provision of Social Media Assets Lot 2 - Campaigns and Events Tenderers are encouraged to bid for 1 or both lots.",
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                "description": "The BBC wishes to commission the Successful Tenderer to deliver ongoing support for BBC Sounds, Radio Networks and Music On Demand throughout the year. The Successful Tenderer will be required to create shortform image and video content at scale to help support the social feeds of the BBC's national radio networks and BBC Sounds. The BBC's priority social media platforms require an extensive supply of images, videos, animations, designs, memes and more to deliver reach and engagement. The BBC's objective is to engage audiences on social platforms to drive discovery of its content and services, and to build fandom for its priority content brands, including BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra, Radio 2, Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.",
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                "description": "Change to Extension end date (estimated), the BBC miscaluclated the original inputted value and have updated this to 2031 to reflect the full potential contract length."
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