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 contract
Advertising and marketing services
The Office of Government Procurement
Supplier(s)
6 suppliers
Carat Ireland
Core Media SJRQ Limited
GroupM WPP Limited
Havas Media
Mediavest
PHD Ireland
EUR 95,000,000Awarded 25 November 2016Advertising and marketing services
Closed tenderPublished 1 December 2016
Advertising campaign services
Thames Water Utilities LimitedGBP 3,000,000Closing 20 December 2016Advertising consultancy services
Expired contract
Communication & Marekting Services Tender Modal Training 2016
Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher EducationSupplier(s) Bluestorm Design And Marketing LtdGBP 70,000Awarded 30 August 2016Expiring 16 January 2017Miscellaneous business-related services
Expired contract
Marketing services
Minister for Finance
Supplier(s)
4 suppliers
Coyne Research Associates Limited
Fusio Ltd
Language Communications Ltd
ZenithOptimedia Ltd
EUR 600,000Awarded 27 October 2016Expiring 22 October 2017Design and execution of research and development
Awarded contract
Request for Tenders for the provision of Research, Design and Media Buy Services (Public awareness and customer switching campaign in retail banking markets)
Department of FinanceDesign and execution of research and development
Awarded contract
Advertising and marketing services
Kingston upon Hull City Council
Supplier(s)
7 suppliers
Bluestorm Design And Marketing Ltd
Bluestorm Marketing and Design Limited
Fred Marketing Limited
McConnell's (Midlands) Ltd
Pace Communications
Smith Creative
Yes Agency
GBP 2,980,000Awarded 1 September 2016Specialty design services
Stale Pre-tenderPublished 4 November 2016
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
British CouncilBusiness services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Closed tenderPublished 3 November 2016
Sourcing Advertising on the Floating Bridge
Isle of Wight CouncilClosing 8 December 2016Advertising services
Awarded contract
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
AnchorSupplier(s) Accord Marketing LtdGBP 800,000Awarded 2 November 2016Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Expired contract
Notting Hill Home Ownership - Media Agency Services
Notting Hill Housing TrustSupplier(s) The Media People London LimitedGBP 1,500,000Awarded 24 October 2016Expiring 22 August 2019Advertising and marketing services
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Awarded contract
Advertising and marketing services
Notting Hill Housing TrustSupplier(s) The Media People London LimitedGBP 1,500,000Awarded 24 October 2016Market research services
Awarded contract
Public relations consultancy services
University of Central LancashireSupplier(s) MC2, GK Strategy, Freshfield PR LtdPublic relations consultancy services
Closed tenderPublished 25 October 2016
Public relations services
GM Business Support LtdClosing 30 November 2016Public relations services
Expired contract
Communications
Stroud District CouncilSupplier(s) Damselfly Communications LimitedGBP 8,900Awarded 17 October 2016Expiring 31 December 2019Printed matter and related products
Closed tenderPublished 19 October 2016
Framework for the Provision of Marketing Services
University of BirminghamClosing 18 November 2016Advertising services
Closed tenderPublished 17 October 2016
Advertising and marketing services
University of BirminghamClosing 18 November 2016Advertising campaign services
Closed tenderPublished 14 October 2016
Business and management consultancy and related services
ESPOGBP 200,000,000Closing 14 November 2016Financial management consultancy services
Expired contract
Interim Senior Press Officer
Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat)Supplier(s) Michael Page InternationalGBP 16,158Awarded 26 September 2016Expiring 10 February 2017Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
Expired contract
Media Buying Services - National Fire Safety Week 2016
Department of Environment, Community and Local GovernmentSupplier(s) ICANExpiring 30 April 2017
Closed tenderPublished 27 September 2016
Provision of Total Media and Social Media Requirement
NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support UnitClosing 4 November 2016Computer-related 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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