Official UK procurement notice
Advertising and Media Buying Partner
Authority: University of Chichester (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe 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 publishedLot #1Awarded
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
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
- 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)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04a412Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 30 Oct 2024, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
30 Oct 2024 → 20 Mar 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline30 Oct 2024, 17:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected8 Nov 2024
- Notice published20 Mar 2025, 09:24 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Mar 2025- Status changed to complete20 Mar 2025, 09:24 GMT
- Buyer details updated20 Mar 2025, 09:24 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunterlodge Group LimitedSME | £1,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 010302-2025-1 · Hunterlodge Group LimitedSME
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2025
- Value
- £1,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16bids · 16 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England & WalesReview body
- Public Procurement Review Service Cabinet OfficeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Hunterlodge Group LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.