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

Expired contract
GLA 81132 ArcelorMittal Orbit creative, marketing and digital agency support
Transport for LondonSupplier(s) AKA Promotions LtdGBP 200,000Awarded 8 January 2019Expiring 10 December 2021Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Closed tenderPublished 20 February 2019
Print and Communications Services DPS via Panacea
Sheffield City CouncilGBP 8,000,000Closing 21 March 2019Printed matter and related products
Expired contract
Communications and Marketing support
Information Commissioner's OfficeSupplier(s) Four CommunicationsGBP 50,000Awarded 27 November 2018Expiring 12 December 2019Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Closed tenderPublished 18 February 2019
Print and Communications Services DPS via Panacea
Sheffield City CouncilClosing 30 April 2023Printed matter and related products
Closed tenderPublished 14 February 2019
Marketing services
University of BoltonClosing 20 March 2019Marketing services
Closed tenderPublished 14 February 2019
Printed matter and related products
Sheffield City CouncilGBP 8,000,000Closing 30 April 2023Market research services
Expired contract
Media Buying Call-Off Contract for the Department for International Trade
Department for International TradeSupplier(s) OMD Group LtdGBP 9,850,000Awarded 6 November 2018Expiring 6 November 2019Advertising and marketing services
Expired contract
Advertising and marketing services
British Library
Supplier(s)
8 suppliers
Anything is Possible
Blue State Digital
Brainlabs
Crafted
Digital Visitor
Illuminate Agency
Influence Digital Ltd
The Education Company Ltd
GBP 4,000,000Awarded 1 January 2019Expiring 11 December 2022Advertising and marketing services
Closed tenderPublished 7 February 2019
PS005 Media Buying Design and Digital Services Framework Agreement 2019
Birmingham City UniversityGBP 4,241,000Closing 8 March 2019Advertising services
Expired contract
Advertising and marketing services
British LibrarySupplier(s) AKA Promotions Ltd, Target Live Ltd, YOU AgencyGBP 16,000,000Awarded 1 January 2019Expiring 11 December 2022Advertising campaign services
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Awarded contract
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
English HeritageGBP 1Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Expired contract
Media Buying Agency
Southampton City CouncilSupplier(s) The Ubiquity GroupGBP 50,000Awarded 5 February 2019Expiring 30 June 2019Advertising and marketing services
Awarded contract
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Coventry UniversitySupplier(s) AdgenGBP 1,500,000Awarded 20 November 2018Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Awarded contract
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Coventry UniversitySupplier(s) AdgenGBP 1,500,000Awarded 20 November 2018Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Awarded contract
Media Relations and Communications to the Commission for Railway Regulation
Commission for Railway Regulation (CRR)Supplier(s) The Communications Clinic LtdPublic relations services
Closed tenderPublished 4 February 2019
Advertising and marketing services
Birmingham City UniversityGBP 5,517,000Closing 8 March 2019Advertising management services
Closed tenderPublished 30 January 2019
Public relations services
Bord Bia (Irish Food Board)EUR 200Closing 25 February 2019Public relations management services
Awarded contract
Marketing services
Home Group LtdAdvertising and marketing services
Closed tenderPublished 28 January 2019
Advertising services
Limerick City and County CouncilEUR 1,100,000Closing 19 February 2019Advertising consultancy services
Expired contract
Media Buying
Ordnance SurveySupplier(s) Hunterlodge Advertising LtdGBP 1,020,000Awarded 7 January 2019Expiring 1 January 2022Advertising and marketing 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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