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Media Planning and Buying

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Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation): "Media Planning and Buying". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityBBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)Scope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation). These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
5Bids / Report
22.2% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Heydon & Carr LtdTop vendor: 78.7% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 14 active published awards; 9 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. Price reduction 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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
Heydon & Carr Ltd1 win£18,500,000
Baxterstorey Limited1 win£4,320,000
Medigold Health Consultancy1 win£700,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityBBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published11 Dec 2025, 17:36 GMT
Last source update11 Dec 2025, 17:36 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04e7eb
What is being bought
This procurement was for the provision of media planning and media buying services to the BBC. The BBC appointed an agency to provide expert media planning for the BBC and other entities as well as purchase media space for any marketing materials required. The BBC purchased these services with the License Fee Unit and BBC Proms as part of the procurement.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    11 Dec 2025, 17:36 GMT
  2. Status changed to complete
    11 Dec 2025, 17:36 GMT
  3. Official notice release published
    11 Dec 2025, 17:36 GMT
  4. Submission deadline changed to published date
    11 Dec 2025, 17:36 GMT
  5. Published value updated to £299,900,000
    25 Feb 2025, 18:40 GMT
  6. Status changed to active
    25 Feb 2025, 18:40 GMT
  7. Official notice release published
    25 Feb 2025, 18:40 GMT
  8. Submission deadline changed to 27 Mar 2025, 14:00 GMT
    25 Feb 2025, 18:40 GMT
  9. Buyer information updated
    25 Feb 2025, 18:40 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    11 Dec 2025, 17:36 GMT
  2. Award pending
    19 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST · £359,880,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Havas Media Limited
£359,880,000 · 19 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST · pending
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statistics
bids: 9 (lot 1)
finalStageBids: 2 (lot 1)
smeFinalStageBids: 0 (lot 1)
vcseFinalStageBids: 0 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PJRB-3233-GTQL
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  • BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PJRB-3233-GTQL
    Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, UKI32, W1A 1AA, GB
    no_reply@bbc.co.uk

  • Havas Media Limited
    supplier
    tenderer

    GB-PPON: PRRD-1282-ZYJQ
    Havas House Hermitage Court, Maidstone, UKJ46, ME16 9NT, GB
    connect@havas.com

  • Manning Gottlieb OMD, a trading division of OMD Group Ltd
    tenderer

    GB-COH: 02078820
    Bankside 3, 90-100 Southwark Street, London, UKI44, SE1 0SW, GB
Award and contract changes
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