What counts as a media tender?

A media tender covers media buying and planning, media relations, and PR and crisis communications support. General digital marketing, advertising agency retainers and campaign delivery sit on Stotles' Marketing Tenders and Contracts page instead, with no literal keyword overlap between the two.

Who runs the largest media buying contracts in the public sector?

Transport operators and combined authorities run some of the largest media buying and planning frameworks in the corpus, alongside national bodies such as Welsh Government. Media relations and PR-focused contracts are more evenly spread across councils, agencies and public bodies of all sizes.

What's the difference between media buying and media relations?

Media buying and planning is about purchasing advertising space and airtime, choosing channels and managing campaign delivery. Media relations is about managing a public body's reputation with journalists and the public, often bundled with crisis communications support for when something goes wrong.

What CPV codes cover media tenders?

CPV 79340000 (Advertising and marketing services) is the dominant code, carried on 827 of the 1,816 notices matching this page's keyword filter. Media relations and PR-specific work sometimes carries a separate public relations code alongside it.

Media Tenders and Contracts

See open media tenders and awarded contracts for the UK public sector.

Media work here covers media buying and planning, media relations and PR and crisis communications support, bought separately from the digital marketing and advertising agency retainers already covered on Stotles' Marketing Tenders and Contracts page. Transport operators, combined authorities and national bodies run the largest media buying frameworks.

Stotles tracks 1,816 media buying and media relations notices to date, with 916 already awarded.

1,786 results

Awarded contractPublished 27 July 2022
Media Buying Services (III) Framework
Welsh Government Commercial Delivery (WGCD)Supplier(s) Golley Slater GroupAdvertising servicesAwarded 21 July 2022
£16,400,000
Closed tender, closed 30 August 2022Published 26 July 2022
Provision of Media Buying Strategy
Construction Industry Training BoardAdvertising consultancy services
£1,500,000
Expired contract, expired 30 June 2025Published 26 July 2022
NHS ENGLAND NATIONAL CAMPAIGNS 'Media Buying
NHS EnglandSupplier(s) Manning Gottlieb OMDAdvertising campaign servicesAwarded 4 July 2022
£35,500,000
Closed tender, closed 30 August 2022Published 26 July 2022
Provision of Media Buying Strategy
Construction Industry Training BoardAdvertising consultancy services
£1,500,000
Closed tender, closed 19 August 2022Published 20 July 2022
Media Planning & Buying
KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER NETWORK LIMITEDResearch and development services and related consultancy services
£96,000
Awarded contractPublished 19 July 2022
Legal Services
Seirbheis nam Meadhanan Gàidhlig (The Gaelic Media Service)Supplier(s) Wright Johnston & Mackenzie, Anderson Strathern LLP (Reserve Supplier)Legal servicesAwarded 1 July 2022
£35,000
Closed tender, closed 19 August 2022Published 14 July 2022
638 - The Provision of Marketing, Campaigns, and Media Buying Services
University of GloucestershireAdvertising and marketing services
£1,290,000
Closed tender, closed 19 August 2022Published 14 July 2022
The Provision of Marketing, Campaigns, and Media Buying Services
University of GloucestershireAdvertising and marketing services
£2,580,000
Expired contract, expired 30 December 2025Published 13 July 2022
Provision of Media Buying Services
Crown Commercial ServiceSupplier(s) OMD Group LtdAdvertising servicesAwarded 5 July 2022
£150,000,000
Awarded contractPublished 13 July 2022
The Provision of Digital Recruitment Advertising
Outwood Grange Academies TrustSupplier(s) TES Global LtdRecruitment servicesAwarded 29 July 2022
£1,068,056
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Awarded contractPublished 12 July 2022
Media Planning and Buying
NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP LIMITEDAdvertising and marketing servicesAwarded 12 July 2022
Value not stated
Expired contract, expired 31 May 2023Published 12 July 2022
GM Foster Carer Recruitment & Marketing Platforms
Greater Manchester Combined AuthoritySupplier(s) Eleven Marketing & Communications LimitedSoftware package and information systemsAwarded 5 July 2022
£250,000
Closed tender, closed 29 July 2022Published 8 July 2022
Promotional PR and Marketing Campaign for the Royal Canal Greenway
Waterways IrelandPublic relations services
Value not stated
Awarded contractPublished 6 July 2022
Recruitment Advertising and Media Buying
Cabinet OfficeSupplier(s) PEOPLESCOUT LIMITEDAdvertising and marketing servicesAwarded 20 June 2022
£2,937,144
Expired contract, expired 13 December 2025Published 5 July 2022
BTA1673 - Strategic Media Activation - Call Off Agreement
VisitBritain / VisitEnglandSupplier(s) Manning Gottlieb OMDAdvertising and marketing servicesAwarded 4 July 2022
£100,000,000
Stale Pre-tenderPublished 5 July 2022
Business Wales Delivery 2023-2028
Welsh GovernmentAdvertising and marketing services
Value not stated
Expired contract, expired 1 July 2022Published 4 July 2022
Provision of Media Buying Services
Crown Commercial ServiceSupplier(s) OMD Group LtdAdvertising servicesAwarded 23 May 2022
£1,500,000
Expired contract, expired 31 March 2022Published 30 June 2022
Paid-for boosting of child protection materials (con_14677)
Department for EducationSupplier(s) Manning Gottlieb OMDEducation and training servicesAwarded 3 March 2022
£10,000
Closed tender, closed 5 August 2022Published 29 June 2022
Digital Marketing & Digital Marketing Framework
Bath Spa UniversityMarketing management consultancy services
£2,200,000
Closed tender, closed 5 August 2022Published 29 June 2022
Digital Marketing & Digital Marketing Framework
Bath Spa UniversityAdvertising and marketing services
£2,200,000

Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions about media buying, media relations in the UK public sector.

What counts as a media tender?
A media tender covers media buying and planning, media relations, and PR and crisis communications support. General digital marketing, advertising agency retainers and campaign delivery sit on Stotles' Marketing Tenders and Contracts page instead, with no literal keyword overlap between the two.
Who runs the largest media buying contracts in the public sector?
Transport operators and combined authorities run some of the largest media buying and planning frameworks in the corpus, alongside national bodies such as Welsh Government. Media relations and PR-focused contracts are more evenly spread across councils, agencies and public bodies of all sizes.
What's the difference between media buying and media relations?
Media buying and planning is about purchasing advertising space and airtime, choosing channels and managing campaign delivery. Media relations is about managing a public body's reputation with journalists and the public, often bundled with crisis communications support for when something goes wrong.
What CPV codes cover media tenders?
CPV 79340000 (Advertising and marketing services) is the dominant code, carried on 827 of the 1,816 notices matching this page's keyword filter. Media relations and PR-specific work sometimes carries a separate public relations code alongside it.

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