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

Closed tender, closed 29 July 2022Published 28 June 2022
NOE CPC Consultancy and Associated Services
Football FoundationBusiness and management consultancy services
£3,000,000
Closed tender, closed 28 July 2022Published 28 June 2022
The Provision of Media Buying Services
University of StrathclydeAdvertising campaign services
£2,480,000
Expired contract, expired 20 June 2025Published 27 June 2022
Provision of Media Buying
Crown Commercial ServiceSupplier(s) OMD Group LtdAdvertising servicesAwarded 15 June 2022
£45,000,000
Expired contract, expired 17 May 2023Published 24 June 2022
CA10338 - Media Buying Planning and Delivery for Fundraising
The Prince's TrustSupplier(s) Influence Digital LtdMarketing servicesAwarded 24 June 2022
£89,950
Closed tender, closed 24 June 2022Published 24 June 2022
Education Recruitment Advertising and Resourcing Services (National) And Educational Media Buying and Associated Services
Southern Universities Purchasing ConsortiumPrinting and delivery services
Value not stated
Stale Pre-tenderPublished 24 June 2022
Education Recruitment Advertising and Resourcing Services (National) And Educational Media Buying and Associated Services
Southern Universities Purchasing ConsortiumDigital printing services
£100,000,000
Expired contract, expired 12 December 2025Published 22 June 2022
Media Buying DIT 2022-2025
Department for International TradeSupplier(s) OMD Group LtdMarketing servicesAwarded 25 May 2022
£43,000,000
Stale Pre-tenderPublished 22 June 2022
Communications and Professional Services
Northern Powergrid LimitedPublic relations services
Value not stated
Expired contract, expired 13 December 2025Published 21 June 2022
Provision of Media Buying Services
Crown Commercial ServiceSupplier(s) OMD Group LtdAdvertising servicesAwarded 6 May 2022
£80,000,000
Expired contract, expired 21 August 2022Published 21 June 2022
GB-London: CON-22-132 Media Buying Services
Financial Conduct AuthoritySupplier(s) OMD Group LtdAdvertising campaign servicesAwarded 18 May 2022
£360,000
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Expired contract, expired 31 March 2023Published 20 June 2022
Media Buying Services
WEST MIDLANDS GROWTH COMPANY LIMITEDSupplier(s) OMD Group LtdAdvertising and marketing servicesAwarded 7 January 2023
£447,000
Expired contract, expired 22 May 2025Published 15 June 2022
Media Buying Call-Off Contract - con_14245
Department for EducationSupplier(s) Manning Gottlieb OMDAdvertising and marketing servicesAwarded 20 May 2022
£66,000,000
Awarded contractPublished 15 June 2022
This RFT is seeking to procure Media Buying and Planning Services and Content Production for National Heritage Week 2022 on behalf of The Heritage Council
The Heritage CouncilSupplier(s) Media Machine Ltd, Spark FoundryInformation film productionAwarded 15 June 2022
Value not stated
Awarded contractPublished 13 June 2022
Media Placement Strategy, Media Planning and Media Buying Services for NUI Galway
National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI Galway)Supplier(s) MammothAdvertising film productionAwarded 13 June 2022
€2,500,000
Expired contract, expired 12 December 2025Published 10 June 2022
UKEF Media Buying 2022-2025
Department for International TradeSupplier(s) Manning Gottlieb OMDAdvertising and marketing servicesAwarded 20 May 2022
£14,500,000
Awarded contractPublished 9 June 2022
Media Placement Strategy, Media Planning and Media Buying Services for NUI Galway
National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI Galway)Supplier(s) MammothAdvertising servicesAwarded 9 June 2022
Value not stated
Closed tender, closed 20 September 2021Published 9 June 2022
Media Placement Strategy, Media Planning and Media Buying Services for NUI Galway
National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI Galway)Advertising film production
€2,500,000
Closed tender, closed 1 September 2022Published 8 June 2022
CA10581 - Gateshead College - Provision of Media Buying Services
Gateshead CollegeAdvertising and marketing services
Value not stated
Closed tender, closed 14 January 2022Published 8 June 2022
Public Relations and Media Agency Services
The Growth CompanyPublic relations services
£350,000
Expired contract, expired 20 May 2023Published 8 June 2022
RM6123 MEDIA SERVICES
Home OfficeSupplier(s) Omnicom Media Group UK LimitedAdvertising servicesAwarded 20 May 2022
£9,950,000

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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