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Published 30 Sept 2024, 11:29 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Advertising and Media Buying Partner

Official notice

Authority: University of Chichester (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesRestricted procedure
Awarded value£1,000,000published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 30 Oct 2024awarded 12 Mar 2025
Awarded to Hunterlodge Group Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University of Chichester is seeking a suitably experienced and skilled partner to shape and focus our advertising campaigns to achieve the best results, and to act on behalf of the University in engaging with suitable advertising suppliers, this can be in the form of a multi-channel agency or a consortium of agencies.

We are looking for a partner to build and deploy our paid search, ppc and social media advertising campaigns. Buy media on our behalf and account manage projects, timings, and schedules for our campaigns. Giving us clear instructions on the specifications requested and deadlines in good time. This partner must have good relationships with key Higher Education players (UCAS, IDP etc) as well as strong experience, skills and knowledge working with companies such as Google and Meta.

Overall, our aim is to increase the size and diversity of the student body by generating a larger number of leads into our funnel, allowing us greater opportunity for conversion to application and enrolment.

We require our partner agency to work with the University's lead Marketing contacts to help deliver the annual marketing plan through effective and timely advertising campaigns. These campaigns will include search, PPC, social media advertising, media buying, out of home, third party sites and other formats or platforms our partner agency thinks would be beneficial for the university's purposes of student recruitment, retention and brand awareness.

CPV: Advertising and marketing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: South East
Second stage: up to 5 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 80%Price: 20%
Published sub-criteria (8)
  • Industry Knowledge: 15%
  • Relationships with partners and third party suppliers: 20%
  • Adherence to DP legislation: 5%
  • Contract examples and demonstration of skills: 20%
  • AI Strategy: 5%
  • Business Continuity: 10%
  • Team profile structure: 5%
  • price: 20%
Published award criteria (8)
  • Industry Knowledge: 15
  • Relationships with partners and third party suppliers: 20
  • Adherence to DP legislation: 5
  • Contract examples and demonstration of skills: 20
  • AI Strategy: 5
  • Business Continuity: 10
  • Team profile structure: 5
  • Price: 20
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
30 Sept 2024, 11:29 BST
Last source update
20 Mar 2025, 09:24 GMT
Authority reference
TND-0001087
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-010302
Classification (CPV)
Advertising and marketing services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ27)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04a412 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN
Submission deadline
30 Oct 2024, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

30 Oct 2024 → 20 Mar 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    30 Oct 2024, 17:00 GMT
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    8 Nov 2024
  3. Notice published
    20 Mar 2025, 09:24 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Mar 2025
  1. Status changed to complete
    20 Mar 2025, 09:24 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    20 Mar 2025, 09:24 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 16
Contracts signed 1latest 12 Mar 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Hunterlodge Group LimitedSME£1,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
16bids · 16 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER

Contracting authorityEducationUniveristyEducation GB-COH: 04740553 · GB-COH: 4740553 Bishop Otter Campus, Chichester, South East, PO196PEContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court of England & WalesReview body London
  • Public Procurement Review Service Cabinet OfficeReview body LondonContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Hunterlodge Group LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 07534447 171 High Street, Rickmansworth, East of England, WD3 1AY

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.