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Strategic Communications Support

Money and Pensions Service

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10 Sep 2026 at 13:33

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Money and Pensions Service commissioned strategic communications support for its dashboard services. The work covers development of the narrative, communications strategy and supporting framework needed to shape and present those services. This is a professional communications and consultancy requirement, within the broader business-services field covering marketing, consulting and related advisory work. Delivery spans England, including the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, the South East and the South West. The requirement is therefore suited to agencies and consultancies able to provide strategic communications input across a national public-sector service, rather than to suppliers of software, construction, physical goods or routine administrative services.

This procurement has reached completion and the contract was awarded to Headland Consultancy Limited. The below-threshold procedure was recorded as “below threshold - unknown”. The award was made on 10 September 2026, and the contract was signed on the same date. The contract period runs from 11 September 2026 to 28 October 2026. Its value is £37,500 excluding VAT, or £45,000 including VAT. The procurement was structured as a single completed lot, covering the full strategic communications support requirement. The selected supplier is a small or medium-sized enterprise. The published outcome identifies an active award and active contract, with the Money and Pensions Service as the public-sector buyer.

This outcome indicates demand for a communications consultancy able to turn a public service and its dashboard offer into a clear narrative, strategy and practical framework. A credible competitor for similar work would need strong strategic communications capability, experience developing messaging for services or programmes, and the ability to connect narrative with an organised communications approach. The requirement favours a supplier that can work directly with a central-government public body, understand public-facing information needs and deliver concise, usable strategic outputs within a short engagement. Agencies with relevant public-sector, policy, financial guidance, pensions or consumer-service experience would be well placed to demonstrate understanding of the subject matter, while smaller specialist consultancies may also be credible competitors.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Strategic Communications Support

Notice Description

Strategic communications support for dashboard services, including development of: - Narrative - Strategy - Framework

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f6d4
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085890-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - unknown
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£37,500 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
10 Sep 20265 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
11 Sep 2026 - 28 Oct 2026 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Money and Pensions Service
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BEDFORD
Postcode
MK42 9AB
Postcode Area
Milton Keynes
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH24 Bedford
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Bedford
Electoral Ward
Cauldwell
Westminster Constituency
Bedford

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Headland Consultancy Limited

Further Information

Notice Documents

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