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# Marketing and Brand Strategy and Media Buying Agency

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/marketing-and-brand-strategy-and-media-buying-agency-ocds-h6vhtk-029c6e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Solent University: "Marketing and Brand Strategy and Media Buying Agency". Published status: complete. Published Value: £8,250,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 14 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Solent University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/solent-university-GB-FTS-30152)
- **Published Value:** £8,250,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 14 April 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Marketing services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ, UKJ3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/marketing-and-brand-strategy-and-media-buying-agency-ocds-h6vhtk-029c6e#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-029c6e`

## 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/marketing-and-brand-strategy-and-media-buying-agency-ocds-h6vhtk-029c6e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fsolent)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/marketing-and-brand-strategy-and-media-buying-agency-ocds-h6vhtk-029c6e#participate

## Description
Contracts have been awarded for:
Marketing & brand strategy agency (Lot 1)
Media Buying Agency (Lot 2)

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Marketing & Brand Strategy Agency (Lot 1)
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79342000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £750,000
- **Description:** Marketing and Brand Strategy Agency. Additional information: Value over the life of the contract including extensions is anticipated to be in the region of between £500k and £1m.
Evaluation pricing was based on scenarios rather than the overall poten...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 2: Media Buying Agency
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79342000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £7,500,000
- **Description:** Media Buying Agency. Additional information: Value over the life of the contract including extensions is anticipated to be in the region of between £4.5m and £7.5m.
Evaluation pricing was based on scenarios rather than the overall potential contract ...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Media Buying (active)
  - Award id: `026858-2021-20/ER/01 Lot 2-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Havas People Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-107913`

- **Award:** Marketing and Brand Strategy Agency (active)
  - Award id: `026858-2021-20/ER/01-1`
  - Supplier(s): **PS London Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-81792`

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** Marketing and Brand Strategy Agency (active)

  - Signed Date: 13/09/2021

- **Contract:** Media Buying (active)

  - Signed Date: 18/08/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F026858-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-10-27T08:16:45.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T09:34:51.228Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-029c6e