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 tenderPublished 16 October 2020
IDA Ireland seeks the services of a Public Relations Agency in Europe, servicing the UK, Germany and France.
IDA IrelandClosing 6 November 2020
Awarded contract
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Newcastle UniversitySupplier(s) SHOUT DIGITAL LIMITEDGBP 70,000Awarded 9 October 2020Sales, marketing and business intelligence software package
Closed tenderPublished 7 October 2020
Recruitment media strategy, reporting and media Buying
De Montfort UniversityGBP 16,835,000Closing 9 November 2020Advertising and marketing services
Closed tenderPublished 30 September 2020
Reopening High Streets Safely Fund Communications Campaign Media Buying
Salford City CouncilGBP 65,000Closing 14 October 2020Printed matter and related products
Expired contract
GB-Bristol: Brand Awareness Campaign
Forestry EnglandSupplier(s) Edit Branding LtdGBP 24,260Awarded 12 November 2019Expiring 10 February 2020Advertising and marketing services
Closed tenderPublished 22 September 2020
Advertising and marketing services
Belfast City CouncilGBP 1,120,000Closing 26 October 2020Advertising and marketing services
Closed tenderPublished 18 September 2020
Business and management consultancy and related services
ESPOGBP 200,000,000Closing 19 October 2020Business and management consultancy and related services
Closed tenderPublished 9 September 2020
Advertising and marketing services
Nottingham Trent UniversityGBP 2,000,000Closing 20 October 2020Advertising management services
Expired contract
1-1144 ITS for Mitigating the risk of Wrong Way Drivers
National Highways LimitedSupplier(s) Pell FrischmannGBP 149,884.22Awarded 31 July 2020Expiring 31 December 2021Research and development services and related consultancy services
Closed tenderPublished 1 September 2020
Public relations services
The Open UniversityGBP 2,000,000Closing 1 October 2020Public relations services
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Closed tenderPublished 1 September 2020
Provision of Pan UK Integrated Comms - Public Relations (B2B, B2C) & Social Media Strategy/PRO/ OJEU/2020
The Open UniversityGBP 2,000,000Closing 1 October 2020Public relations services
Closed tenderPublished 31 August 2020
Contract for the Provision of Communications Support Services including Media Relations, Public Relations & Public Affairs
Health and Safety AuthorityClosing 21 September 2020
Expired contract
Media Buying Travel Demand Management
Southampton City CouncilSupplier(s) Davethedog Communications LtdGBP 95,000Awarded 15 July 2020Expiring 1 October 2020Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Expired contract
Media Buying Travel Demand Management
Southampton City CouncilSupplier(s) Davethedog Communications LtdGBP 95,000Awarded 15 July 2020Expiring 31 December 2021Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Closed tenderPublished 24 August 2020
PR Services for Business and Tourism Programme
EXCEEDING LIMITEDGBP 832,500Closing 23 September 2020Public relations services
Awarded contract
Award of Provision of Media Buying Services
University of StrathclydeSupplier(s) Media Minds Global LtdGBP 400,000Awarded 18 August 2020Advertising and marketing services
Closed tenderPublished 20 August 2020
Public relations services
WEST MIDLANDS GROWTH COMPANY LIMITEDGBP 832,500Closing 23 September 2020Public relations services
Awarded contract
Advertising and marketing services
University of StrathclydeSupplier(s) Media Minds Global LtdGBP 400,000Awarded 18 August 2020Advertising and marketing services
Expired contract
BAME extension to the SME campaign
Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)Supplier(s) Manning Gottlieb OMDGBP 400,000Awarded 15 May 2020Expiring 21 June 2020Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
Awarded contract
Advertising management services
Dŵr Cymru Cyfyngedig. Supplier(s) Golley Slater, The Ubiquity GroupAwarded 31 July 2020Advertising management services

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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