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Media Planning and Buying for Reputation, Business Engagement and Student Recruitment Marketing

Advertising and marketing services
Published value
£10,416,667
Submission deadline 31 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Sheffield Hallam University: "Media Planning and Buying for Reputation, Business Engagement and Student Recruitment Marketing". Published status: planned. Published value: £10,416,667. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 31 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthoritySheffield Hallam UniversityScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Closed
31 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£10,416,667
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Sheffield Hallam University
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Sheffield Hallam University. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
3.7Bids / Report
59.7% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
KITLOCKER.COM LIMITEDTop vendor: 45.2% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 89 active published awards; 62 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
KITLOCKER.COM LIMITED1 win£290,602
JISC SERVICES LIMITED1 win£148,491
Digital Energy Group Limited1 win£116,640
APOGEE CORPORATION LIMITED1 win£56,678
COUNTER CONTEXT LIMITED1 win£15,520
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthoritySheffield Hallam University
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanned
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published22 May 2025, 14:43 BST
Last source update22 May 2025, 14:43 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationAdvertising and marketing services
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-051e4f
What is being bought
The University requires a media planning and buying agency to assist in achieving its strategic marketing and student recruitment objectives, which include: ● delivering student recruitment success and engagement across the prospective student journey in line with academic and financial targets Home and International ● raising the profile and enhancing the reputation of the University through institutional positioning and research impact ● promoting the University brand and Sheffield city to achieve stand out and cut through in our competitive marketplace ● generating business leads through business engagement activity to support apprenticeship, placement, KTP and other institutional objectives ● Measuring and optimising all activity using data and insights to ensure our activities are relevant and impactful The agency will proactively support and work in partnership with the University's Marketing Directorate. In scope are all media planning and buying activities across Prospective Student Recruitment marketing and all brand level marketing as well as lead generation business to business marketing, paid search activity and social media campaigns across all audiences.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £10,416,667
    22 May 2025, 14:43 BST
  2. Status changed to planned
    22 May 2025, 14:43 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    22 May 2025, 14:43 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to 31 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
    22 May 2025, 14:43 BST
  5. Buyer information updated
    22 May 2025, 14:43 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planned
    Published value£10,416,667
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    22 May 2025, 14:43 BST
  2. Procedure published
    22 May 2025, 14:43 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    31 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Sheffield Hallam University

Contracting authority GB-UKPRN-10005790
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  • Sheffield Hallam University
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PVMW-4512-JZYY · GB-UKPRN: 10005790
    City Campus, Sheffield, UKE32, S1 1WB, GB
Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published