Official UK procurement notice
Digital and Media Advertising
Authority: New College Durham (Charity / VCSE)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNew College is seeking to award a contract for Media Advertising provision. A full 2 stage tender exercise was carried out via the MultiQuote Portal, with multiple suppliers submitting bids. All bids were evaluated against the evaluation criteria within the tender documents published. Following the tender evaluation process, New College Durham decided to only Award Lot 2 - Media Advertising, and not Award Lot 1 - Digital Advertising. Lot 1 - Digital Advertising will be retendered. New College Durham have issued a UK5 - Transparency Notice, prior to this notice, due to the tender notice failing to publish on Find a Tender site, and only being published on Contracts Finder. For the avoidance of doubt no Direct Award has been made.
CPV: Advertising and marketing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewal
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Sept 2025, 13:30 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Oct 2026, 14:38 BST
- Authority reference
NCD440- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092904- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059971Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- only one supplier could deliver (user choice)
- Published justification
A full 2 stage tender exercise was carried out via the MultiQuote Portal, with multiple suppliers submitting bids. All bids were evaluated against the evaluation criteria within the tender documents published. Following the tender evaluation process, New College Durham has decided to only Award Lot 2 - Media Advertising, and not Award Lot 1 - Digital Advertising. Lot 1 - Digital Advertising will be retendered. New College Durham are issuing a UK5 - Transparency Notice due to the tender notice failing to be published on Find a Tender, and only published on Contracts Finder. For the avoidance of doubt no Direct Award has been made.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
12 Sept 2025 → 13 Oct 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published12 Sept 2025, 13:30 BST
- Market engagement387 days ago30 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
Suppliers interested in participating are invited to register their interest by contacting Craig Long, [email protected] by 30 September 2025.
- Contract starts264 days ago1 Feb 2026
- Latest notice published22 days ago1 Oct 2026, 14:38 BST
- Standstill ends9 days ago13 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Sept 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published12 Sept 2025, 13:30 BSTUK2
- Transparency notice published1 Oct 2026, 13:58 BSTUK5
- Status changed to complete1 Oct 2026, 13:58 BST
- Procurement method changed1 Oct 2026, 13:58 BST
- Contract award notice published1 Oct 2026, 14:38 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Davidson AdvertisingSMELot 2 - Media Advertising3 Nov 2026 – 2 Nov 2029 · up to 2 Nov 2031Extensions: 24 Month Period. | £258,000 | 1 Oct 2026standstill to 13 Oct 2026 | Standstill |
| supplier not publishedLot 1 - Digital Advertising3 Nov 2026 – 2 Nov 2029 · up to 2 Nov 2031Extensions: 24 Month Extension. | £103,000 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Steve DavidsonAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender