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title: "National Musems Scotland Media Planning and Buying Agency"
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# National Musems Scotland Media Planning and Buying Agency

Buyer: NATIONAL MUSEUMS SCOTLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000590524

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## Summary

The National Museums Scotland is seeking a media planning and buying agency through a selective tendering process for a contract titled "National Museums Scotland Media Planning and Buying Agency." This procurement falls under the services category, specifically within the recreation, culture, and religion industries. The potential contract has an estimated value of £489,000, spanning two years with a possible one-year extension based on satisfactory performance. The tender's submission period concluded on 6th September 2019, and the contract was awarded to The Media Shop Scotland Ltd, with the contract signed on 10th December 2019. The awarded agency will be responsible for planning and buying advertising across various sites and events of National Museums Scotland.

This procurement presents significant growth opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) specialising in media planning and buying services. Businesses versed in advertising strategies for cultural institutions and familiar with the Scottish market would be best positioned to leverage their skills in future tenders. Given the successful awarding of the contract, firms proficient in delivering quality media campaigns and navigating the procurement landscape may find avenues for collaboration or future contracts with the National Museums Scotland, especially in projects related to cultural promotion and public engagement.

## Notice

National Museums Scotland wishe to appoint a media planning and buying agency to deliver its media planning, buying and reporting. The contract will be for a two year period with an option to extend for a futher 12 months subject to satisfactory performance.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The procurement is for an agency to work with National Museums Scotland across our sites* and events to plan and buy our advertising media. *National Museum of Scotland National Museum of Flight National Museum of Rural Life. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if there are any of the situation referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015

Renewal: 1 year extra subject to satisfactory performance

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT396673 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Restricted procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 6 Oct 2020 |
| Submission deadline | 6 Sep 2019 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 10 Dec 2019 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £408,000 |
| Lots value | £408,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £489,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NATIONAL MUSEUMS SCOTLAND |
| Locality | EDINBURGH |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH1 1JF |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Electoral ward | City Centre |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh |
| Delivery location | TLM75 City of Edinburgh |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | THE MEDIA SHOP SCOTLAND |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79340000 - Advertising and marketing services
- 79341000 - Advertising services
- 79341100 - Advertising consultancy services
- 79341200 - Advertising management services
- 79341400 - Advertising campaign services

## Release History

- 6 Oct 2020 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT396673
- 6 Aug 2019 at 00:00 - Tender - OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG362654

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG362654
  National Musems Scotland Media Planning and Buying Agency - National Museums Scotland wishe to appoint a media planning and buying agency to deliver its media planning, buying and reporting. The contract will be for a two year period with an option to extend for a futher 12 months subject to satisfactory performance.
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT396673
  National Musems Scotland Media Planning and Buying Agency - National Museums Scotland wishe to appoint a media planning and buying agency to deliver its media planning, buying and reporting. The contract will be for a two year period with an option to extend for a futher 12 months subject to satisfactory performance.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.nms.ac.uk/
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000590524
- https://publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/
- https://publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx
- https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/court-locations/edinburgh-sheriff-court-and-justice-of-the-peace-court

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