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# Cabinet Office Media Planning and Buying

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cabinet-office-media-planning-and-buying-ocds-h6vhtk-069b89). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Cabinet Office: "Cabinet Office Media Planning and Buying". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Cabinet Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cabinet-office-gov-d2)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award under framework
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £350,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cabinet-office-media-planning-and-buying-ocds-h6vhtk-069b89#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-069b89`

## 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/cabinet-office-media-planning-and-buying-ocds-h6vhtk-069b89#tl-md)

## Description
The 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79341000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

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

  - Supplier(s): **WAVEMAKER LIMITED t/a WPP650**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-31089`
  - Value: £350,000,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 24/03/2026

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £350,000,000
  - Signed Date: 24/03/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F045619-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-05-19T08:18:47.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T18:12:44.852Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-069b89