Official UK procurement notice
Cabinet Office Media Planning and Buying
Authority: Cabinet Office (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe procurement is for a new call-off contract to provide media planning and buying services for the Cabinet Office and the central Government Communications Service (GCS). These services fall specifically under Lot 1 (Media Strategy, Planning, and Buying) of the replacement RM6364: Media and Creative Services framework. The services will enable the delivery of critical government communications and advertising campaigns.
This includes supporting domestic cross-government campaigns, rapid crisis or unforeseen communications, digital-first campaigns via the New Media Unit (NMU), and international programs led by the GREAT campaign and GCS International (GCSI). The
contract will have an initial term of four (4) years, running until June 14, 2030, with no option to extend. The supplier will provide these services on a standby, call-off basis. Specific project and campaign requests will be managed using detailed Statements of
Work, which will outline pertinent deliverables, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Every Statement of Work must be jointly approved by the dedicated Contract Manager and Cabinet Office Commercial.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award under framework
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Call-off under a framework
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 May 2026, 08:22 BST
- Last source update
- 19 May 2026, 09:18 BST
- Authority reference
C5530- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-045619- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069b89Find a Tender
- Call-off under framework Media and Creative Services
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 May 2026- Contract award notice published19 May 2026, 08:22 BSTUK6
- Contract details notice published19 May 2026, 09:18 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected30 May 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wavemaker Ltd14 Jun 2026 – 14 Jun 2030 | £350,000,000 | 24 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Wavemaker Ltd
- Signed
- 24 Mar 2026
- Value
- £350,000,000
- Period
- 14 Jun 2026 – 14 Jun 2030
- Status
- active
3 agreed KPIs: Management Reporting · Delivery Timescales · Delivery
- Management Reporting, Attendance and appropriate representation at monthly contracts management meetings including detailed discussions progress report against milestones, KPIs and SLAs
- Delivery Timescales, Detailed media plans, in response to brief, must be submitted to the clients within agreed SLAs
- Delivery, 95% of delivery must at least meet, if not exceed, agreed timescales for each work order
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Wavemaker LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender