Official UK procurement notice
Media Buying Services — UK public procurement notice
Authority: Department for Transport (Central government)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Awarded value £30,000,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 11 Sept 2026
Awarded to WAVEMAKER LIMITED Trading as WPP650
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFor all services related to the placing and activation of Government advertising.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Awarded
79340000 Advertising and marketing services
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award under framework
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 11 Sept 2026, 13:33 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Sept 2026, 13:33 BST
- Authority reference
TCOM3083- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f80e
Related procedures1
- Call-off under framework Media and Creative Services
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £30,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 11 Sept 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAVEMAKER LIMITED Trading as WPP650SME | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Media Buying Services · WAVEMAKER LIMITED Trading as WPP650SME
- Signed
- 11 Sept 2026
- Value
- £30,000,000
- Period
- 11 Sept 2026 — 14 Jun 2030
- Status
- active
1 agreed KPI: Support for Local and Regional Economies
- Support for Local and Regional Economies — Creation of a ‘Social Value Catalyst Fund’ using 1% of fee income from this contract to provide seed funding or accreditation assistance to local SMEs and social enterprises
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published11 Sept 2026, 13:33 BSTUK7
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Wavemaker trading as WPP650Awarded supplierView supplier profile →
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender