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DHSC: Media Buying and Planning (FY26-27)

No classification published
Location not published
Published value
£245,000,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Department of Health & Social Care: "DHSC: Media Buying and Planning (FY26-27)". Published status: complete. Published value: £245,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDepartment of Health & Social CareScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£245,000,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Department of Health & Social Care
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Department of Health & Social Care. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
8.6Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Wavemaker LimitedTop vendor: 97.8% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 76 active published awards; 5 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Wavemaker Limited1 win£244,700,000
The Breastfeeding Network1 win£4,978,957
Severn Trent Water Limited1 win£320,841
Population Health Ltd1 win£150,495
Yorkshire Water Limited1 win£59,425
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDepartment of Health & Social Care
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNo
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published19 Jun 2026, 10:19 BST
Last source update19 Jun 2026, 10:19 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06987d
What is being bought
Requirement for a new call off contract using CCS Framework RM6364 Lot 1 supplier (WPP) for media planning and buying. The contract will run for a term of 4 years until 14 June 2030, which coincides with the CCS framework end date.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    19 Jun 2026, 10:19 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    19 Jun 2026, 10:19 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    19 Jun 2026, 10:19 BST
  4. Published value updated to £245,000,000
    14 May 2026, 10:37 BST
  5. Status changed to planned
    14 May 2026, 10:37 BST
  6. Official notice release published
    14 May 2026, 10:37 BST
  7. Buyer information updated
    14 May 2026, 10:37 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    19 Jun 2026, 10:19 BST
  2. Award active
    18 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST · £244,700,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Wavemaker Limited T/a WPP 650
£244,700,000 · 18 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST · active
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Department of Health & Social Care

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PMQG-9965-CHZR
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  • Department of Health & Social Care
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PMQG-9965-CHZR
    39 Victoria Street, London, UKI32, SW1H 0EU, GB
    ccsinbox@dhsc.gov.uk

  • Wavemaker Limited
    supplier

    GB-COH: 04078547
    Sea Containers, 18 Upper Ground, London, UKI44, SE1 9ET, GB
    name@wppmedia.com
    020 3747 1000
Award and contract changes
Documents (0)
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Related procedures (1)