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Creative Production and Media buying for Public Awareness Campaigns

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Location not published
Published value
£22,500,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: The Electoral Commission: "Creative Production and Media buying for Public Awareness Campaigns". Published status: planned. Published value: £22,500,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityThe Electoral CommissionScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planned
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£22,500,000
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Published history for The Electoral Commission. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
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Coverage: 0 active published awards; 0 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityThe Electoral Commission
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanned
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published16 May 2025, 16:32 BST
Last source update16 May 2025, 16:32 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationAdvertising and marketing services
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-050502
What is being bought
The Electoral Commission is the independent body which oversees elections and regulates political finance in the UK. We work to promote public confidence in the democratic process and ensure its integrity. The Electoral Commission intends to commence a procurement process for the provision of creative production and media buying for our public awareness campaigns. This notice intends to alert the market of the upcoming opportunity only. The successful agency will plan media strategies and buy media inventory and/or advertising space across the following (but not limited to), media channels: TV advertising Broadcast video on demand advertising Radio advertising Print advertising Out of home advertising Digital display advertising Paid social Paid search They will also be responsible for creative strategy and will plan, create and produce the relevant assets for the chosen media channels. If relevant, they will also design the creative for any new public awareness campaigns. The Electoral Commission's anticipated annual budget is £9m per annum [over 3 years]. This figure does not include spend incurred for unscheduled elections, nor does it include costs that may arise from legislative changes that may impact the Commission's work.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    16 May 2025, 16:32 BST
  2. Published value updated to £22,500,000
    8 May 2025, 14:01 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    8 May 2025, 14:01 BST
  4. Official notice release published
    8 May 2025, 11:39 BST
  5. Published value updated to £27,000,000
    17 Apr 2025, 15:04 BST
  6. Status changed to planned
    17 Apr 2025, 15:04 BST
  7. Official notice release published
    17 Apr 2025, 15:04 BST
  8. Buyer information updated
    17 Apr 2025, 15:04 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planned
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    16 May 2025, 16:32 BST
  2. Procedure published
    16 May 2025, 16:32 BST
  3. engagement
    31 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    Online Meet the buyer event planned for 5th June 2025
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

The Electoral Commission

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PHYY-1292-MMXL
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Documents (1)
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published