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Published 18 May 2026, 12:59 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Home Office Media Services 2026

Official notice

Authority: Home Office (Central government)

Direct award
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£9,900,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 18 May 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Wavemaker Ltd2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Media Planning and Buying Services for Advertising and Marketing Purposes

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
79340000 Advertising and marketing services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
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
18 May 2026, 12:59 BST
Last source update
18 Jun 2026, 15:52 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-057704
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069aec Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
Published justification

Only 1 supplier on teh framework

Notice history

5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 May 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    18 May 2026, 12:59 BST
    UK5
  2. Transparency notice published
    18 May 2026, 16:36 BST
    UK5
  3. Contract award notice published
    18 May 2026, 16:47 BST
    UK6
  4. Contract signature expected
    16 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  5. Contract details notice published
    18 Jun 2026, 15:52 BST
    UK7
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2026-05: 1 release · 18 May 2026

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £9,900,0001 award exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Contracts signed 1latest 14 Jun 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Wavemaker LtdMedia Services16 Jun 2026 – 15 Jun 2027 · up to 14 Jun 2030Extensions: 1 + 1 + 1 · Amended: The incorrect option was previously selected in error. The total value of the procurement is above the relevant threshold.£9,900,00018 May 2026Awarded
Wavemaker Ltd£9,900,000 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 2 · Wavemaker Ltd

    Signed
    14 Jun 2026
    Value
    £9,900,000
    Period
    14 Jun 2026 – 13 Jun 2027 · up to 13 Jun 2029 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    36 month in total

    No agreed KPIs: SLAs are being agreed

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Home Office

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PWGC-6513-PQLZ 2 Marsham Street, London, London, SW1P 4DFContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Wavemaker LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 04078547 Sea Containers, 18 Upper Ground, London, London, SE1 9ETContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender