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
RM6003 Media Buying Award Notice
Crown Commercial ServiceSupplier(s) OMD Group LtdGBP 800,000,000Awarded 21 May 2018Expiring 21 May 2022Advertising services
Awarded contract
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
English HeritageSupplier(s) AKA Promotions LtdGBP 415,000Awarded 27 September 2018Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Closed tenderPublished 1 October 2018
Advertising and marketing services
University of PortsmouthClosing 1 November 2018Advertising campaign services
Closed tenderPublished 29 September 2018
Website Development Services - UK Sport
The United Kingdom Sports Council (trading as UK Sport)GBP 25,000Closing 14 October 2018IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Expired contract
FOR THE PROVISION OF A MEDIA BUYING AND CHANNEL STRATEGY PLANNING SERVICE 2018 - AWARD
English HeritageSupplier(s) AKA LIMITEDGBP 8,000,000Awarded 27 September 2018Expiring 31 March 2024Marketing management consultancy services
Closed tenderPublished 15 September 2018
Media Buying
Ordnance SurveyClosing 12 October 2018Advertising and marketing services
Expired contract
Framework Agreement for the provision of communications campaign services on household recycling in north London
North London Waste AuthoritySupplier(s) Media Therapy LimitedGBP 915,000Awarded 5 July 2016Expiring 31 March 2019Public relations services
Expired contract
GB-London: Media Buying
British Business BankSupplier(s) CARAT, a trading division of Dentsu Aegis London LimitedGBP 324,000Awarded 30 March 2018Expiring 6 November 2018Advertising services
Expired contract
Media Relations management for Culture Mile
City of London CorporationSupplier(s) Bloom Procurement Services LtdGBP 100,000Awarded 13 April 2018Expiring 30 March 2020Sound insulation and room acoustics consultancy services
Closed tenderPublished 8 August 2018
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Transport for LondonClosing 10 September 2018Advertising and marketing services
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Closed tenderPublished 25 July 2018
Public relations services
Northern Regional CollegeGBP 192,000Closing 28 August 2018Public relations services
Expired contract
International Media Relations Services
City, University of LondonSupplier(s) PPool Media & CommunicationsGBP 240,000Awarded 31 May 2018Expiring 20 May 2021Public relations services
Expired contract
Advertising and marketing services
Staffordshire County CouncilSupplier(s) RH ADVERTISING LIMITEDEUR 480,000Awarded 17 July 2018Expiring 26 June 2022Advertising and marketing services
Expired contract
Framework Agreement for the Provision of Marketing Support Services to Destination Staffordshire (Brand Maintenance and Development, Print and Digital Marketing including Media Planning and Media Buying)
Staffordshire County CouncilSupplier(s) RH ADVERTISING LIMITEDGBP 340,000Awarded 17 July 2018Expiring 31 July 2022Advertising and marketing services
Awarded contract
Public relations services
City, University of LondonSupplier(s) PPool Media and CommunicationsEUR 240,000Awarded 31 May 2018Public relations services
Expired contract
Advertising services
University of StirlingSupplier(s) Natives Online LtdGBP 600,000Awarded 17 July 2018Expiring 6 July 2020Advertising services
Closed tenderPublished 6 July 2018
001087 Media Planning and Buying including Digital Marketing Services
British LibraryGBP 16,000,000Closing 6 August 2018Advertising campaign services
Awarded contract
Provision of Marketing Services for The National Gallery of Ireland (NGI)
National Gallery of IrelandSupplier(s) DHR Communications, ACKavana Consulting Ltd t/a Sync and SwimMarketing services
Closed tenderPublished 5 July 2018
Advertising and marketing services
British LibraryGBP 4,000,000Closing 6 August 2018Advertising campaign services
Expired contract
Social Media advertising
HM Land Registry (HMLR)Supplier(s) Dentsu Aegis London Ltd,GBP 60,000Awarded 16 March 2018Expiring 6 November 2018Direct 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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