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# Digital Media Buying Services (2025)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/digital-media-buying-services-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-04cd8a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Cumbria: "Digital Media Buying Services (2025)". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £250,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 6 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of Cumbria](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-cumbria-urn-135398)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £250,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 6 February 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Marketing management consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/digital-media-buying-services-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-04cd8a#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04cd8a`

## 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-media-buying-services-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-04cd8a#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Funiversityofcumbria%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/digital-media-buying-services-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-04cd8a#participate

## Description
The University of Cumbria runs a number of multi-channels UG and PG (PGT, PGR and PGCE), B2B2C student recruitment marketing campaigns across a range of different target audiences, with the aim of raising awareness of, and stimulating desire for, the study opportunities offered. The ultimate objective is to grow matriculations and income to the University by increasing the number of applications from the UK. We are looking to engage the services of media agencies to deliver this provision.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1-Paid Media: 25-09
- **Lot id:** `1-Paid Media`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 79413000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** The University of Cumbria runs a number of multi-channels UG and PG (PGT, PGR and PGCE), B2B2C student recruitment marketing campaigns across a range of different target audiences, with the aim of raising awareness of, and stimulating desire for, the...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2-Traditional Media: 25-09
- **Lot id:** `2-Traditional Media`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 79413000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** The University of Cumbria runs a number of multi-channels UG and PG (PGT, PGR and PGCE), B2B2C student recruitment marketing campaigns across a range of different target audiences, with the aim of raising awareness of, and stimulating desire for, the...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Digital Media Buying Services (active)
  - Award id: `013599-2025-25-09-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Education Cubed Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-143225`
  - Value: £750,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Digital Media Buying Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £750,000
  - Signed Date: 07/04/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013599-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-04-08T10:35:54.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T06:07:42.225Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04cd8a