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title: "Media Buying 2023 - 2025"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-039b00"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "DRIVER AND VEHICLE STANDARDS AGENCY (DVSA)"
published: "2023-01-26"
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# Media Buying 2023 - 2025

Buyer: DRIVER AND VEHICLE STANDARDS AGENCY (DVSA)  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-039b00

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## Summary

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has awarded a contract for the provision of media services for various campaigns titled "Media Buying 2023 - 2025". The procurement falls under the services category and was carried out using a limited procurement method with an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The contract has been successfully awarded to Manning Gottlieb OMD Group Limited. The deadline for submitting bids was 2023-01-26 and the contract is valued at GBP 765,000.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses looking to provide advertising management services to government departments. Companies with expertise in media buying and advertising across traditional and digital channels would be particularly suited to compete for this contract. Location-wise, the contract pertains to services in the UK. Given the unique circumstances of the procurement process and the sole supplier framework involved, businesses with a proven track record in media services and advertising could benefit from engaging with the DVSA for potential future opportunities in the sector.

## Notice

This contract is to provide media services for various campaigns.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This was conducted as a call off from the Media Buying (RM6123) CCS Framework. Lot 1: Strategic Media Activation (Media Buying) a sole supplier framework managed by the CCS for government departments to procure media channels from a single supplier, currently let to the Manning Gottlieb OMD, who have set up a government media team to buy across all traditional and digital channels. This contract will be used by DVSA for multiple campaigns.

### Procurement Information

This was conducted as a call off from the Media Buying (RM6123) CCS Framework. Lot 1: Strategic Media Activation (Media Buying) a sole supplier framework managed by the CCS for government departments to procure media channels from a single supplier, currently let to the Manning Gottlieb OMD, who have set up a government media team to buy across all traditional and digital channels. Due to the nature of the service required and in line with principles set in PPN01/20 where direct award is permissible due absence of competition and protection of exclusive rights under Regulation 32 (2) of the PCR which allows for sole supplier sourcing through use of a negotiated procedure without prior publication to be used and this request also falls within Regulation 32 (5) delivery of services by an existing supplier to where competition is absent due to technical reasons. The framework was retendered and Manning Gottlieb OMD retained the business, they are the only supplier on the Lot 1. The market is uncontested on media buying and it is a reasonable solution decision to proceed with Manning Gottlieb OMD based on conditions that there is no reasonable alternative in the market. In the case of this procurement competition is absent and only one supplier can provide the expertise to provide an integrated, end-to-end service for media buying on our existing marketing campaigns with no further competition needed or has capacity to complete on the scale required.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002477-2023 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Jan 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 24 Jan 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £765,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DRIVER AND VEHICLE STANDARDS AGENCY (DVSA) |
| Locality | BRISTOL |
| Post town | Not specified |
| Postcode | N/A |
| Country | Not specified |
| ITL 1 | Not specified |
| ITL 2 | Not specified |
| ITL 3 | Not specified |
| Local authority | Not specified |
| Electoral ward | Not specified |
| Westminster constituency | Not specified |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | MANNING GOTTLIEB OMD GROUP |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79341200 - Advertising management services

## Release History

- 26 Jan 2023 at 16:09 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002477-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://www.gov.uk/dvsa

## Provenance

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