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# EC0995 Media Buying

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ec0995-media-buying-ocds-h6vhtk-040fe1). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University Of Edinburgh: "EC0995 Media Buying". Published status: complete. Published Value: £8,500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 30 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University Of Edinburgh](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-edinburgh-GB-FTS-2023)
- **Published Value:** £8,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 30 November 2023 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Advertising and marketing services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM75
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £8,500,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ec0995-media-buying-ocds-h6vhtk-040fe1#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-040fe1`

## 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/ec0995-media-buying-ocds-h6vhtk-040fe1#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ec0995-media-buying-ocds-h6vhtk-040fe1#participate

## Description
The University of Edinburgh is inviting competitive tenders for provision of Media Buying services.
The media solutions required by the University reflect the scale and diversity of the institution and include a mixture of planned annual and ad hoc or reactive activity. The bulk of our media spend is directed at awareness raising amongst key stakeholders and attracting applications from prospective students in multiple markets, but we also actively promote our wider events and services.
A growing proportion of activity is institution-wide, but the bulk of activity (and spend) is devolved to school level and below.
Most schools create an annual plan and schedule their media spend each summer and that will account for the bulk of spending. However, there is also ad hoc activity as and when new programmes are launched, events are scheduled, or other requirements arise throughout the year. The Accommodation Catering and Events service area will have a detailed annual plan but will require media solutions and research on different campaigns across its many markets, i.e. hospitality and tourism, food and drink, conference and events, property (Landlord Lettings) and nurseries.

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

- **Estimated Value:** £8,500,000
- **Description:** The University of Edinburgh is inviting competitive tenders for provision of Media Buying services.
The media solutions required by the University reflect the scale and diversity of the institution and include a mixture of planned annual and ad hoc o...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 009188-2024-EC0995-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Spiritmedia Scotland**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-95693`
  - Value: £8,500,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 009188-2024-EC0995-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £8,500,000
  - Signed Date: 15/03/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F009188-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-03-21T13:05:56.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T04:15:14.469Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-040fe1