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# Digital Marketing Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/digital-marketing-services-ocds-h6vhtk-028a99). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Keele: "Digital Marketing Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of Keele](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-keele-urn-133883)
- **Published Value:** £1,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 17 February 2021 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Advertising and marketing services, Marketing services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/digital-marketing-services-ocds-h6vhtk-028a99#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-028a99`

## 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/digital-marketing-services-ocds-h6vhtk-028a99#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Funiversityofkeele)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/digital-marketing-services-ocds-h6vhtk-028a99#participate

## Description
Keele University wishes to appoint an agency that has Higher Education experience in home and international markets and can demonstrate that it understands the student journey, the application funnel and the conversion activities required to meet challenging targets. It is important that this agency can provide sector insights and demonstrate an understanding of what is innovative in the marketplace and across other complex sectors.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79340000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Estimated Value:** £1,000,000
- **Description:** The University wishes to understand potential approaches to delivering Campaign Consultancy to support and implement the campaigns, in order to meet institutional strategic objectives.  
The will design, development and deliver, optimise and evaluate...
- **Contract Period:** 31/07/2021 to 
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Digital Marketing Services (active)
  - Award id: `010735-2021-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Arke Agency Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-105285`
  - Value: £1,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Digital Marketing Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,000,000
  - Signed Date: 26/04/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010735-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-05-14T15:30:18.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T19:49:10.555Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-028a99