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BuyerMiddlesbrough College
StatusClosed
Deadline14 Feb 2026
Value£400,000
Published19 Jan 2026

What is being bought

The College requires a media agency to purchase, manage and optimise our digital advertising and any offline TV, Cinema, Radio, Press and OOH brand, student focused and course specific campaigns.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Advertising and marketing services 79340000Advertising services 79341000Advertising management services 79341200Advertising campaign services 79341400

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£400,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Aug 2026 to 31 Jul 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Media Plan & Channel Mix — Media Plan & Channel Mix (30%)
Cost Transparency & ROI — Cost Transparency & ROI (10%)
Strategic Approach — Strategic Approach (30%)
Measurement & Reporting — Measurement & Reporting (20%)
Innovation & Added Value — Innovation & Added Value (10%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Advertising campaign services, Advertising management services, Advertising and marketing services, Advertising servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Advertising and marketing services (79340000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 798,7544 median · 34.4 average (3,397 of 8,754 with a bid count)3.2 average (3,816 of 8,754 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK2,4464 median · 69.1 average (909 of 2,446 with a bid count)5.1 average (1,077 of 2,446 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)7864 median · 6.8 average (25 of 786 with a bid count)1.2 average (25 of 786 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
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.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0608c0
Latest release ID004364-2026
Latest release timestampMon Jan 19 2026 13:51:02 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004364-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-02-14T12:00:00Z
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-02-13T12:00:00Z
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-08-01T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailsTo access this opportunity, log in to https://suppliers.multiquote.com and view the opportunity. If you are not registered with MultiQuote, please visit https://suppliers.multiquote.com, complete the registration form on the log in page and quote the title and reference of the notice in your registration.
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£400,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
19 Jan 2026tender004364-2026

All source data

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

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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