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title: "Strategic Communications Support"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f6d4"
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buyer: "Money and Pensions Service"
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# Strategic Communications Support

Buyer: Money and Pensions Service  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f6d4

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085890-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 11 Sep 2026 - 28 Oct 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £37,500 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Money and Pensions Service |
| Locality | BEDFORD |
| Postcode area | Milton Keynes |
| Postcode | MK42 9AB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLH24 Bedford |
| Local authority | Bedford |
| Electoral ward | Cauldwell |
| Westminster constituency | Bedford |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Headland Consultancy Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

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

## Release History

- 10 Sep 2026 at 13:33 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085890-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085890-2026
  10th September 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.headlandconsultancy.com
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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