Official UK procurement notice
C0158 - Athlete & Team Engagement - Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2026 & European Athletics Championships Birmingham 2026
Authority: Big Lottery Fund, operating as The National Lottery Community Fund
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£166,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 28 Apr 2026no call for competition
Awarded to BEAT MEDIA GROUP LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionContract for the delivery of the athlete and team engagement component of Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games (23 July - 2 August 2026) and the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham (10-16 August).
- Athlete engagement and unique access to athletes, teams and venues for social media content creation for Team England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
- Media training for communications teams/team leaders/ CEOs & chairs across all home nations to ensure acknowledgement of National Lottery funding is front of mind during all media opportunities
- Content syndication to relevant local and national media across the UK
- End-to-end content production, amplification and syndication strategy for the XXIII Commonwealth Games, Glasgow and the European Championships storytelling of how National Lottery
funding has benefited teams, athletes and sports.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 May 2026, 16:41 BST
- Last source update
- 22 May 2026, 16:41 BST
- Authority reference
C0158- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-048248- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a22fFind a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published22 May 2026, 16:41 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £166,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 28 Apr 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEAT MEDIA GROUP LIMITED | £166,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Athlete & Team Engagement - Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2026 & European Athletics Championships Birmingham 2026 · BEAT MEDIA GROUP LIMITED
- Signed
- 28 Apr 2026
- Value
- £166,000
- Period
- 1 May 2026 – 30 Sept 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- BEAT MEDIA GROUP LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender