Official UK procurement notice
Media Buying Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Middlesbrough College (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe 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.
- How the procedure runs: Stage 1: SQ Stage 2: Advertisement Stage 3: Dialogue Stage 4: ITT Stage 5: Standstill Stage 6: Award
CPV: Advertising and marketing services · Advertising campaign services · Advertising management services · Advertising services
The lotProcurement structure
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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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- Media Plan & Channel Mix: 30%
- Strategic Approach: 30%
- Measurement & Reporting: 20%
- Innovation & Added Value: 10%
- Cost Transparency & ROI: 10%
Published award criteria (5)
- Media Plan & Channel Mix
- Cost Transparency & ROI
- Strategic Approach
- Measurement & Reporting
- Innovation & Added Value
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Jan 2026, 13:51 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Jan 2026, 13:51 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Aug 2026
- Authority reference
CA17028- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-004364- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0608c0Find a Tender
- How it runs
Stage 1: SQ
Stage 2: Advertisement
Stage 3: Dialogue
Stage 4: ITT
Stage 5: Standstill
Stage 6: Award
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 14 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 13 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
19 Jan 2026 → 1 Aug 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published279 days ago19 Jan 2026, 13:51 GMT
- Clarification questions by255 days ago13 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline254 days ago14 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts86 days ago1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by85 days ago1 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published19 Jan 2026, 13:51 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender