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Marketing & Creative Services Framework.

Buyer: ASTER GROUP LIMITED →

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BuyerASTER GROUP LIMITED
StatusAwarded
Deadline9 Feb 2026
Value£2,963,682
Published22 Jun 2026

What is being bought

It is the intention of Aster Group (also known as 'Aster Sales') to establish a framework agreement with suitably qualified specialist external agencies to help us deliver our shared ownership sales & marketing strategy with support on creative development, digital marketing and marketing automation delivery services to meet needs that cannot be met in-house by its own provision, or where additional knowledge and expertise is required. The appointed agency (s) will lead on strategic creative direction and planning, campaign development, cross-platform asset creation, content optimisation and performance analysis. The requirement IS split into four lots: • Lot 1 - Digital marketing support • Lot 2 - Creative support • Lot 3 - Artworking • Lot 4 - Development marketing automation delivery

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Lot 2

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Lot 3

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Lot 4

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05d915
Latest release ID058538-2026
Latest release timestampMon Jun 22 2026 12:54:58 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001308-2026
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source4
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release4
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release7

Notice history

DateEventReference
22 Jun 2026award, contract058538-2026
8 Jan 2026tenderUpdate001308-2026
6 Jan 2026tender000859-2026
3 Nov 2025planning070496-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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8 Jan 2026 · 001308-2026 · tenderUpdate
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6 Jan 2026 · 000859-2026 · tender
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3 Nov 2025 · 070496-2025 · planning
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