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# (NU/1589-65) Chinese Social Media Management

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nu-1589-65-chinese-social-media-management-ocds-h6vhtk-035557). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Newcastle University: "(NU/1589-65) Chinese Social Media Management". Published status: complete. Dynamic Market Estimate: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Newcastle University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/newcastle-university-GB-FTS-95021)
- **Dynamic Market Estimate (lifetime call-offs):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, Marketing management consultancy services, Marketing services, Programming services of packaged software products, Sales or marketing software development services (+3 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKC
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-035557`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nu-1589-65-chinese-social-media-management-ocds-h6vhtk-035557#tl-md)

## Description
We are looking for a supplier to cover two aspects of our Chinese Social Media Management activity, Organic social media management and paid media campaign support. The supplier is required to have the ability to provide the following services and experience:
Organic social media management
•	Have detailed experience managing in country higher education focused social media accounts for the Chinese market
•	Day-to-day management of Newcastle University’s existing Weibo, WeChat, Douyin and YouKu accounts – creating, uploading, scheduling and reviewing content as agreed in monthly client meetings
•	Support the creation and maintenance of a Newcastle University presence on Xiaohongshu (Little Red Book)
•	Support live-streaming chats with staff/students and virtual open days, when required
•	Monthly content recommendations for our accounts based on wider market trends and competitor insights for:
o	Potential undergraduate students
o	Potential postgraduate students
o	Current students studying in the UK
o	Our Chinese alumni community
•	Attending monthly content planning meetings with internal teams
•	Translation and reformatting provided content to be suitable for chosen channels
•	Comprehensive monthly reporting on activity including impressions, engagement, followers, web traffic, comment and engagement analysis, competitor analysis and benchmarking. As well as recommendations for improvements
•	Provide a named Account Manager
2.3.2 Paid media
When paid campaign support is required for Chinese markets, the supplier will be required to provide the following services:
•	Have detailed knowledge and demonstrable experience booking paid media on channels used by prospective undergraduate and postgraduate students
•	Provide detailed campaign attribution and KPI measurements for all media plans
•	Provide full campaign reporting and optimisation as part of all media plans
•	Provide support on creative optimisation and testing
•	Provide regular insight into industry best practice, trends and future placement opportunities
•	Provide translation services for content and landing pages
•	Provide a single Account Manager for all campaigns

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 48480000, 48481000, 72210000, 72212480, 72212481, 79342000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** (NU/1589-65) Chinese Social Media Management (active)
  - Award id: `020143-2022-NU/1589-65-1`
  - Supplier(s): **TONG**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-20724`
  - Value: £23,040 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** (NU/1589-65) Chinese Social Media Management (active)
  - Signed Value: £23,040
  - Signed Date: 21/07/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F020143-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-07-25T12:05:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T04:03:22.999Z
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