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Ocean Media Publications

THE GUINNESS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED

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21 Sep 2026 at 11:56

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Guinness Partnership Limited bought organisational subscriptions to Inside Housing and Social Housing from Ocean Media Group Limited. This is a media and information subscription service, intended to provide the organisation with access to these housing-sector publications. The service is delivered in the United Kingdom. The requirement was treated as a services procurement and was arranged as a single completed lot. The buyer is a public undertaking based in London. The selected supplier, Ocean Media Group Limited, is a London-based small and medium-sized enterprise. The subject matter will suit publishers, specialist business-to-business media organisations and information providers that supply institutional subscriptions focused on housing, social housing, property management or related public-sector issues.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Ocean Media Group Limited. It used a below-threshold procedure, with the method recorded as unknown. The award was made on 29 July 2026, and the contract was signed on the same date. The contract runs from 29 July 2026 to 29 July 2029. Its gross value is £52,000. The contract is active and the award covers the single lot for the publication subscriptions. The published information identifies the selected supplier and the contract value, but gives no further evaluation weighting or detailed award criteria. The requirement was therefore concluded through a below-threshold procurement rather than an above-threshold competition.

This award demonstrates a sustained organisational need for paid access to specialist housing-sector journalism and information. Suppliers best placed for comparable work are publishers and media businesses with established Inside Housing and Social Housing products, or providers able to offer equivalent institutional access to authoritative housing and social housing content. Credibility would come from reliable publication delivery, subscription administration, rights to supply organisational users, and content that is useful to a housing organisation’s professional and operational teams. The successful supplier is an SME, showing that the requirement can be delivered by a focused specialist business rather than only by a large corporate provider. Relevant competitors should be able to evidence sector coverage, service continuity and experience supporting organisational subscribers.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Ocean Media Publications

Notice Description

Organisational subscriptions to Inside Housing and Social Housing.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-077646
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/089073-2026
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

79980000 - Subscription services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£52,000 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
21 Sep 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
29 Jul 2026 - 29 Jul 2029 3-4 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
THE GUINNESS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
NW1 3AX
Postcode Area
North West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI36 Camden
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Camden
Electoral Ward
Regent's Park
Westminster Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Ocean Media Group

Further Information

Notice Documents

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