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Published 7 May 2025, 08:53 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Media Buying Services Agency

Official notice

Authority: ORDNANCE SURVEY LIMITED (Public body)

ServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdConcessionSME suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Concession value (operator's revenue)£4,500,000operator revenue, not the authority's budget
Submissions closed 2 Jun 2025awarded 21 Jul 2025
Awarded to Anything Is Possible Media Limited
Contract term 2 yrsends 19 Jul 2027 · up to 19 Jul 2028 with extensions · starts 19 Jul 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Ordnance Survey Ltd (OS) is Great Britain’s mapping agency and is responsible for the surveying, production, maintenance and marketing of a wide range of geographic information, relied on by government, business, and individuals. Further information can be found on our website www.os.uk ↗.

OS is a private limited company (company registration number 09121572), and the entire share capital is owned by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

This contract has been awarded to Anything Is Possible Media Limited to support Ordnance Survey. Anything Is Possible Media Limited will be creating and delivering successful media strategies, media buying, media optimisation, campaign trafficking, and reporting over the two years (with an optional 12-month extension) across our consumer (brand, ecommerce, app, and retail) and corporate businesses.

This contract value is up to £6,000,000; this amount is not guaranteed and will flex depending on the amount of media buying required across campaigns and strategies.

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 2 Apr 2028, 00:59 BST.
  • How the procedure runs: Presentation stage for three suppliers, full details in the tender documents.

CPV: Marketing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 2 yrsSMEPublished value£4,500,000
Contract period: 19 Jul 2025 – 19 Jul 2027 (2 yrs) · up to 19 Jul 2028 with extensionsValue: £4,500,000 exc. VAT · £5,400,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: The contract term is for 2 years, with an option for an additional 12-month extension, subject to performance.
79342000 Marketing services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
  • Simple description: Full details of award criteria can be found in the Instructions for Tendering Document

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Competitive flexible procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Concession
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · next expected 2 Apr 2028
First published
7 May 2025, 08:53 BST
Last source update
15 Sept 2025, 11:53 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 10 Jul 2025
Authority reference
BS.0363
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-019268
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Marketing services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050d8e Find a Tender
How it runs

Presentation stage for three suppliers, full details in the tender documents.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
2 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
Clarification deadline
16 May 2025, 13:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

in-tendhost.co.uk/os/aspx/Home ↗

Timeline

7 May 2025 → 15 Sept 2025 · 8 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    7 May 2025, 08:53 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    16 May 2025, 13:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    2 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by
    10 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
  5. Contract starts
    19 Jul 2025
  6. Assessment summaries sent
    21 Jul 2025
  7. Standstill ends
    30 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
  8. Latest notice published
    15 Sept 2025, 11:53 BST

Notice history

6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 May 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    7 May 2025, 08:53 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    21 Jul 2025, 15:01 BST
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    21 Jul 2025, 15:01 BST
  4. Procurement method changed
    21 Jul 2025, 15:01 BST
  5. Contract signature expected
    7 Aug 2025, 00:59 BST
    scheduled
  6. Contract details notice published
    15 Sept 2025, 11:53 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £5,000,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Named bidders 1published on the award notice
Contracts signed 1latest 14 Aug 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Anything Is Possible Media LimitedSMEMedia Buying Services 7 Aug 2025 – 7 Aug 2027 · up to 7 Aug 2028Extensions: The option for an additional 12-month extension, subject to performance.£5,000,00021 Jul 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Media Buying Services · Anything Is Possible Media LimitedSME

    Signed
    14 Aug 2025
    Value
    £5,000,000
    Period
    14 Aug 2025 – 13 Aug 2027 · up to 13 Aug 2028 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    The option for an additional 12-month extension, subject to performance.
    4 agreed KPIs: CDP environmental questionnaire · Invoices · Annual due diligence …
    • CDP environmental questionnaire, OS will issue the CDP questionnaire annually and monitor submission. A failure to respond fully will be escalated and may impact the KPI.
    • Invoices, All valid and undisputed invoices must be submitted on time, to the correct place.
    • Annual due diligence, Supplier comprehensively responds to the due diligence questionnaire on an annual basis.
    • Media Placement , OS will monitor media placement schedules against agreed timelines. Any deviations will be reviewed and addressed during performance reviews

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1final-stage tenders · 4 at stage one00—

Who bid

Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

ORDNANCE SURVEY LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-COH: 09121572 Explorer House Adanac Drive, Southampton, South East, SO16 0ASContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Anything is Possible Media Ltd.Awarded supplierGB-COH: 10910014 41-46 Frederick Place, , Brighton, South East, BN1 4EAContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsAll tenders must be submitted via the OS InTend platform at the following address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/os/aspx/Home
  • Signed contract contractSigned contractPDFA contract for media buying services, provided by Anything Is Possible Media Ltd for Ordnance Survey.

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
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender