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# Marketing & Communications Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/marketing-communications-services-ocds-h6vhtk-050c27). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Bath: "Marketing & Communications Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £275,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 3 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.delta-esourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of Bath](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-bath-urn-133789)
- **Published Value:** £275,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 3 June 2025 at 13:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Advertising and marketing services, Marketing services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £150,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/marketing-communications-services-ocds-h6vhtk-050c27#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-050c27`

## 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-communications-services-ocds-h6vhtk-050c27#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delta-esourcing.com%2Frespond%2FRB345YFE8D)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/marketing-communications-services-ocds-h6vhtk-050c27#participate

## Description
Established in 2002, SETsquared is a unique enterprise partnership between the six leading research-led UK universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey. Its mission is to turn innovation into thriving business, maximising the impact of a combined £600m research portfolio and driving social and economic impact by supporting academics, students and regional businesses with world-leading business incubation, innovation, and growth support services. To date, the partnership has collectively created over 200 spin-out companies, supported over 5,000 entrepreneurs working in the most challenging fields of science and technology, and helped businesses raise over £5bn in investment and funding.
We now seek a marketing and communications agency to work with us over an initial 12-month term (with up to four one-year extensions). Key responsibilities include end-to-end support for flagship events (notably our annual Investment Showcase and associated webinars), recruitment campaigns for new programmes, strategic content and social-media planning, HubSpot-based newsletter and CRM management, website and innovation-platform maintenance, branding stewardship, and ongoing creation of digital, print and video materials
To view this notice, please click here: 
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=971961816

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79340000, 79342000

- **Estimated Value:** £275,000

- **Contract Period:** 01/07/2025 to 01/07/2026
- **Renewal published:** yes

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

  - Supplier(s): **Recognition Design & Marketing Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-157403`
  - Value: £150,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 13/07/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018727-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-08-08T09:05:09.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T09:00:49.676Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-050c27