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Digital Media Planning and Buying Services

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Buyer
SRUC
Value
£320,000
Topic
Advertising and marketing services
Published
12 October 2026
Submission
11 November 2026in 1 day

Tender description

SRUC is seeking to appoint one or two media buying agencies who have the experience to develop and deliver media activity in the higher education sector within local and international markets, while recognising the different perspectives, challenges, market demands and media consumption that exist within different countries. The selected suppliers must have the ability to deliver and manage several campaigns across multiple channels and deliver the highest levels of engagement and conversion in the most cost-effective way. The suppliers should be able to recommend the most effective media engagement strategy through their understanding of the varying media landscape and consumer habits of our intended audiences. The appointed agencies will also support SRUC in delivering its institutional objectives through effective paid media activity designed to increase brand awareness, drive student recruitment, promote commercial services and support wider stakeholder engagement across Scotland, the UK and international markets. Lot 1: Digital Media Planning and Buying Services – Scotland SRUC is seeking to appoint a media buying agency who has the experience to develop and deliver media activity in the higher education sector within a local Scottish market, while recognising the different perspectives, challenges, market demands and media consumption that exist. The selected supplier must have the ability to deliver and manage several campaigns across multiple channels and deliver the highest levels of engagement and conversion in the most cost-effective way. The supplier should be able to recommend the most effective media engagement strategy through their understanding of the varying media landscape and consumer habits of our intended audiences. The appointed agency will also support SRUC in delivering its institutional objectives through effective paid media activity designed to increase brand awareness, drive student recruitment, promote commercial services and support wider stakeholder engagement across Scotland. Lot 2: Digital Media Planning and Buying Services – UK and International SRUC is seeking to appoint a media buying agency who has the experience to develop and deliver media activity in the higher education sector within UK and international markets, while recognising the different perspectives, challenges, market demands and media consumption that exist within different countries. The selected supplier must have the ability to deliver and manage several campaigns across multiple channels and deliver the highest levels of engagement and conversion in the most cost-effective way. The supplier should be able to recommend the most effective media engagement strategy through their understanding of the varying media landscape and consumer habits of our intended audiences. The appointed agency will also support SRUC in delivering its institutional objectives through effective paid media activity designed to increase brand awareness, drive student recruitment, promote commercial services and support wider stakeholder engagement across the UK and international markets.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published12 October 2026
    Current notice
  2. Next: Submission date11 November 2026in 1 day

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About the buyer

SRUC is Scotland's Rural College, a higher and further education institution with its own procurement team. The team sits within the Finance function and works from the Edinburgh and Cupar campuses. Framework agreements tendered nationally account for much of the buying. APUC, the procurement centre of expertise for Scotland's universities and colleges, sets up many of these contracts.

Over the past 5 years, most of SRUC's contract awards have been in software and information systems, business services and office and computing equipment.

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