This notice announces an administrative change to an existing contract or market (a contract change notice). No new tender or admission is opened here; see the linked notices below for the original opportunity.
Official UK procurement notice
Media Buying · Wavemaker Ltd for NHS Blood and Transplant (Jul 2026)
Authority: NHS Blood and Transplant (Central government)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£1,800,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 Apr 2026
Awarded to Wavemaker Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Media Buying Services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award under framework
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Administrative change
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Call-off under a framework
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Jul 2026, 14:49 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Sept 2026, 15:18 BST
- Authority reference
C436255- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-071795- Latest notice
- Contract change notice (UK10)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d6acFind a Tender
Related procedures1
- Call-off under framework Media and Creative Services
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Jul 2026- Contract award notice published29 Jul 2026, 14:49 BSTUK6
- Contract details notice published29 Jul 2026, 15:00 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected8 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract change notice published4 Sept 2026, 15:06 BSTUK10
- Contract change notice published4 Sept 2026, 15:18 BSTUK10
- Contract change proposed7 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTContract value increase required to maintain continuity of existing media buying services pending commencement of the replacement contract. The modification changes only the contract value and does not alter the supplier, scope, term, service requirements
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £1,800,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 20 May 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wavemaker Ltd8 Aug 2026 – 30 Sept 2026 | £1,800,000 | 1 Apr 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Media Buying · Wavemaker Ltd
- Signed
- 20 May 2026
- Value
- £1,800,000
- Period
- 20 May 2026 – 30 Sept 2026
- Status
- active
- Change proposed 7 Sept 2026 Contract value increase required to maintain continuity of existing media buying services pending commencement of the replacement contract. The modification changes only the contract value and does not alter the supplier, scope, term, service requirements, new value £2,424,000 · new end date 30 Sept 2026
- Change proposed 7 Sept 2026 Contract value increase required to maintain continuity of existing media buying services pending commencement of the replacement contract. The modification changes only the contract value and does not alter the supplier, scope, term, service requirements, new value £2,424,000 · new end date 30 Sept 2026
1 agreed KPI: Media Performance
- Media Performance, Provision of media performance data and analysis
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- WPP plcAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract change notice Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- Contract change notice Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender