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# Creative Marketing Agency and Media Buying

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/creative-marketing-agency-and-media-buying-ocds-h6vhtk-02a827). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED: "Creative Marketing Agency and Media Buying". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,400,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 21 May 2021, 15:00 BST. Published submission portal: discovery.ariba.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/severn-trent-water-limited-coh-02366686)
- **Published Value:** £1,400,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 21 May 2021 at 15:00 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Advertising and marketing services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Awarded Value:** £1,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/creative-marketing-agency-and-media-buying-ocds-h6vhtk-02a827#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02a827`

## 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/creative-marketing-agency-and-media-buying-ocds-h6vhtk-02a827#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [discovery.ariba.com](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ariba.com%2Frfx%2F10192166)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/creative-marketing-agency-and-media-buying-ocds-h6vhtk-02a827#participate

## Description
The procurement is split into 2 lots:
Lot 1: Creative Agency. This is to appoint a supplier of creative agency services to cover:
• Brand strategy
• Building brand familiarity
• Marketing strategy
Lot 2: Media Buying Agency. This is to appoint a provider of services to include:
• Media purchasing strategy
• Research
• Buying
• Execution
• Measurement and monitoring
• Competitor tracking and monitoring

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Lot 1 creative
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 79340000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £400,000
- **Description:** Lot 1: Creative Agency. This is to appoint a supplier of creative agency services to cover:
• Brand strategy
• Building brand familiarity
• Marketing strategy

### Lot 2: Lot 2 media buying agency
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 79340000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £1,000,000
- **Description:** Lot 2: Media Buying Agency. This is to appoint a provider of services to include:
• Media purchasing strategy
• Research
• Buying
• Execution
• Measurement and monitoring
• Competitor tracking and monitoring

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** media buying agency (active)
  - Award id: `026066-2021-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Republic of Media**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-112996`
  - Value: £1,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** media buying agency (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,000,000
  - Signed Date: 01/01/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F026066-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-10-19T08:46:31.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T21:25:14.367Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02a827