Official UK procurement notice
Paid Media Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: British Business Bank (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBritish Business Bank (‘the Bank’) is seeking to review and appoint an agency to deliver media planning, buying, campaign delivery and optimisation across the Bank’s paid media channels, providing outcome-based, end-to-end national and regional campaign management.
This also includes delivery of campaigns for its Start Up Loans programme. Historically, this was operated by a separate agency; with media buying and planning consolidated into a single agency for the Bank back in 2020. Over the past 5 years it has been managed alongside the wider Bank’s paid media campaigns but still planned and bought separately. The expectation is for further consolidation so that it becomes a key aspect of an overall Bank media strategy moving forward.
Over the last few years, the Banks media activity has followed an ‘always on’ approach to help improve knowledge and understanding of ‘access to finance’ amongst SME’s, via the combination of supporting Brand, Content and Product. This has been part of the Marketing Engagement and Demand strategy in order to deliver against the Bank’s objectives: driving sustainable growth, backing innovation, unlocking potential and building the modern green economy. In order to do this, one of our key enablers is that of Customer Centricity – placing customers at the heart of everything we do.
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CPV: Advertising campaign services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£4,227,000
What it takes to wini
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 (3)
- Part 1 (Various Quality Questions): 65%
- Part 2 (Presentation Stage): 10%
- Price: 25%
Published award criteria (3)
- Part 1 (Various Quality Questions): Various quality
- Part 2 (Presentation Stage): Presentation Stage
- Price
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Jun 2025, 12:05 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Nov 2025, 14:05 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 26 Aug 2025
- Authority reference
METDDM - P-2450- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-032544- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05492aFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 11 Jul 2025, 14:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 1 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
16 Jun 2025 → 14 Nov 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published16 Jun 2025, 12:05 BST
- Clarification questions by1 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline11 Jul 2025, 14:00 BST
- Award decision expected by26 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent395 days ago23 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends381 days ago6 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts374 days ago14 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published342 days ago14 Nov 2025, 14:05 GMT
Notice history
6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Jun 2025- Tender notice published16 Jun 2025, 12:05 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published16 Jun 2025, 14:05 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published25 Sept 2025, 14:05 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete25 Sept 2025, 14:05 BST
- Contract signature expected10 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published14 Nov 2025, 14:05 GMTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-06: 1 release · 16 Jun 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mediaworks UK LimitedPaid Media MSA14 Oct 2025 – 13 Oct 2028 · up to 13 Oct 2029Extensions: British Business Bank proposes to enter into a Contract for a period of three (3) years with an optional one (1) year extension, Maximum term being four (4) years. | £4,227,000 | 23 Sept 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Mediaworks UK Limited
- Signed
- 31 Oct 2025
- Value
- £4,227,000
- Period
- 3 Nov 2025 – 2 Nov 2028 · up to 2 Nov 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- British Business Bank proposes to enter into a Contract for a period of three (3) years with an optional one (1) year extension, Maximum term being four (4) years.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 13 at stage one | 1 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonMediaworks UK Limited · North East England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Mediaworks UK Limited Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender