Public Relations Management Tenders and Contracts

Public relations management tenders cover public relations retainers, communications strategy support and public affairs and stakeholder engagement work bought by public sector bodies. It can be tendered as a standalone contract or as part of a wider communications framework.

Stotles brings together public relations management tenders and contracts from 100+ portals into one search, so you do not have to check each portal separately, and you can set alerts for new opportunities across the UK and Ireland.

If you want to search the government portals directly, Find a Tender carries higher-value contracts across the UK and Contracts Finder carries lower-value contracts in England. Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI cover Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Ireland's eTenders covers Irish public bodies, and many councils, NHS bodies and housing associations publish on their own e-tendering portals such as ProContract. Public relations management is usually a standalone agency appointment, and sometimes one strand of a wider marketing services contract.

Public relations agencies working for public bodies must follow publicity propriety rules, and media monitoring must respect copyright licensing. Tenders usually set minimum insurance cover, check financial standing and ask for evidence of similar contracts at selection stage. Under the Procurement Act 2023, suppliers can be excluded for certain criminal convictions, insolvency or failure to pay tax.

Government departments, regulators, agencies and public bodies are common buyers, procuring communications retainers and public affairs and stakeholder engagement support.

Read communications strategies, stakeholder engagement plans, campaign calendars and expiry dates for existing agency retainers, which show work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the buyers behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.

Public relations management notices carry 79416100 (Public relations management services) and 79416000 (Public relations services).