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title: "Marketing & Communications Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-050c27"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "THE UNIVERSITY OF BATH"
published: "2025-08-08"
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# Marketing & Communications Services

Buyer: THE UNIVERSITY OF BATH  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-050c27

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## Summary

The procurement process involves The University of Bath, located in Bath, United Kingdom, seeking a marketing and communications agency for its Marketing & Communications Services. This falls under the industry category of advertising and marketing services, with the contracting process having reached the award stage as of 8th August 2025. The initial tender was published on 2nd May 2025, with an enquiry period ending on 21st May 2025, a submission deadline on 3rd June 2025, and an award date by 17th June 2025. The contract, awarded using an open procurement method, is valued at £150,000, with a gross amount of £180,000, running from 12th August 2025 to 11th August 2026, with provisions for four additional one-year extensions. The award was made to Recognition Design & Marketing Ltd, a large-scale supplier based in the UK.

This tender presents substantial opportunities for growth, particularly for businesses involved in marketing, advertising, strategic communication planning, and event management. The project involves responsibilities across flagship events, strategic content, social media planning, and branding stewardship, among others, making it ideal for firms skilled in these areas. SMEs showed strong interest, with 9 out of 14 final stage bids attributed to such enterprises, highlighting that small and medium-sized enterprises with the right expertise and a focus on innovation, digital marketing, or related fields could find this contract an advantageous prospect for expanding their portfolio and demonstrating their capabilities on a prestigious platform supported by an elite group of research-led universities.

## Notice

Established in 2002, SETsquared is a unique enterprise partnership between the six leading research-led UK universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey. Its mission is to turn innovation into thriving business, maximising the impact of a combined PS600m research portfolio and driving social and economic impact by supporting academics, students and regional businesses with world-leading business incubation, innovation, and growth support services. To date, the partnership has collectively created over 200 spin-out companies, supported over 5,000 entrepreneurs working in the most challenging fields of science and technology, and helped businesses raise over PS5bn in investment and funding. We now seek a marketing and communications agency to work with us over an initial 12-month term (with up to four one-year extensions). Key responsibilities include end-to-end support for flagship events (notably our annual Investment Showcase and associated webinars), recruitment campaigns for new programmes, strategic content and social-media planning, HubSpot-based newsletter and CRM management, website and innovation-platform maintenance, branding stewardship, and ongoing creation of digital, print and video materials To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=971961816

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/047149-2025 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 Aug 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 3 Jun 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 13 Jul 2025 |
| Contract period | 11 Aug 2025 - 11 Aug 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £275,000 |
| Lots value | £275,000 |
| Awards value | £150,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE UNIVERSITY OF BATH |
| Locality | BATH |
| Post town | Bath |
| Postcode | BA2 7AY |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK5 West of England |
| ITL 3 | TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire |
| Local authority | Bath and North East Somerset |
| Electoral ward | Bathwick |
| Westminster constituency | Bath |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | RECOGNITION DESIGN & MARKETING |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79340000 - Advertising and marketing services
- 79342000 - Marketing services

## Release History

- 8 Aug 2025 at 09:05 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/047149-2025
- 2 May 2025 at 11:05 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018727-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/047149-2025
  8th August 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018727-2025
  2nd May 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/RB345YFE8D
  https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/RB345YFE8D

## Notice URLs

- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=971961816
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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