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title: "23/038 - Media Buying and Marketing Services"
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# 23/038 - Media Buying and Marketing Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/23-038-media-buying-and-marketing-services-ocds-h6vhtk-042dfa). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation: "23/038 - Media Buying and Marketing Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £2,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Feb 2024, 14:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-portsmouth-higher-education-corporation-urn-133867)
- **Published Value:** £2,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 19 February 2024 at 14:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Advertising and marketing services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ31
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £2,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/23-038-media-buying-and-marketing-services-ocds-h6vhtk-042dfa#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-042dfa`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/23-038-media-buying-and-marketing-services-ocds-h6vhtk-042dfa#tl-md)

## Description
The University of Portsmouth ('University') is inviting tenders from suitably qualified suppliers to provide marketing and media buying services to develop and implement marketing campaigns.  The University's target date for award of contract is 18th March 2024 with service commencement following as soon as possible following the signing of contracts. The initial contract term will be for 2 years with possibility of extending the term by a further 2 years in increments to be agreed, subject to the agreement and performance of both parties.  The form of contract used will be the University's standard terms for the supply of services.Full details of the requirements are in the tender pack.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79340000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 020409-2024-1-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Education Cubed**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-143225`
  - Value: £2,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 020409-2024-1-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,000,000
  - Signed Date: 03/07/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F020409-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-07-04T10:27:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T16:28:14.076Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-042dfa