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title: "NU/1589-80 Digital Media Production Support"
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# NU/1589-80 Digital Media Production Support

Buyer: NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c34c2bbc-9909-458d-a946-4fcdbbef0a3b

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## Summary

Newcastle University has awarded a contract for digital media production support. The procurement process was carried out through a selective procedure with a restricted procedure. The contract period is from March 3, 2024, to March 2, 2025, with a value of £750,000 GBP. The procurement stage was at the award stage, and the tender period ended on February 12, 2024. The buying organization is Newcastle University, located in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The industry category is business services, specifically in marketing and related areas.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses offering digital media production support services to engage with Newcastle University. The University's marketing department seeks a supplier for flexible media buying and copywriting support across various channels, including digital, out-of-home, and print advertising. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are eligible to participate in this procurement process. Businesses specializing in marketing, advertising, and media services would be well-suited to compete for this contract and contribute to the University's marketing strategies and campaigns.

## Notice

The Newcastle University Marketing Department is a comprehensive, world-class marketing team dedicated to serving our partners, academics and students. Our vision for marketing at Newcastle encompasses the following: * Embracing a 'digital first' approach * Encouraging our team through personal growth * Engaging with our clients and audiences * Delivering an exceptional marketing strategy Our marketing includes everything from paid and organic social media to Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and PPC, creative content production and events that serves all three of the University's Faculties as well as central and corporate communication requirements. We are both highly collaborative and innovative combining a wide range of creative and technical skillsets. The Newcastle University Marketing Dynamic Purchasing System (Ref: NU/1589) has been set up to invite qualifying members to participate in further competitions for the University's marketing activities. This is a further competition to Lot 3 (Programmatic Advertising Management, Media Buying, Public Relations) of this DPS. We are seeking to appoint a supplier to provide flexible media buying and copy writing support for both digital, out of home and print advertising. The supplier will need to be able to work across channels: * independently on stand-alone campaign briefs, from single objective campaigns to full funnel approaches * provide capacity support for existing campaigns ran by the internal paid media team (eg booking pre-determined 3rd party placements to compliment a wider campaign or managing the international element of a full recruitment cycle paid search campaign) It is expected the value of each campaign request will be between PS5,000 and PS150,000 inclusive of all taxes and agency fees. It is estimated there will be at least 5 campaign requests within the contract period.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a3b8ab41-76b9-452d-bda6-d74973c991f9 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Dynamic |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Restricted procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Mar 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 12 Feb 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 2 Mar 2024 |
| Contract period | 3 Mar 2024 - 2 Mar 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £750,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £750,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY |
| Locality | NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE |
| Post town | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Postcode | NE1 7RU |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear |
| ITL 3 | TLC43 Tyneside |
| Local authority | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Electoral ward | Monument |
| Westminster constituency | Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SMRS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 48480000 - Sales, marketing and business intelligence software package
- 72210000 - Programming services of packaged software products
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 80000000 - Education and training services
- 80300000 - Higher education services

## Release History

- 7 Mar 2024 at 14:31 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a3b8ab41-76b9-452d-bda6-d74973c991f9

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a3b8ab41-76b9-452d-bda6-d74973c991f9
  7th March 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- https://www.ncl.ac.uk

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