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# PS005A Strategic Planning Media Buying

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ps005a-strategic-planning-media-buying-ocds-h6vhtk-02d5e5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Birmingham City University: "PS005A Strategic Planning Media Buying". Published status: complete. Published Value: 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:** [Birmingham City University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/birmingham-city-university-urn-133788)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Marketing services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG31
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £4,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02d5e5`

## 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/ps005a-strategic-planning-media-buying-ocds-h6vhtk-02d5e5#tl-md)

## Description
Birmingham City University is looking for a full service strategic planning
and media buying agency. Working with the university to plan, manage and
report on all strategic marketing campaigns across a range of channels and
platforms such as TV, VoD, cinema, radio, online (including SEM,
programmatic, DAX, GDN, Native), social media (including Facebook,
Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat) and Education Channels (including UCAS,
WhatUni, The Student Room, IDP Connect). Please note that the University
has an outdoor media supplier therefore, outdoor media buying is
excluded from this opportunity. This contract will be for a period of 3
years with an option to extend for a further period of 2 years for the total
of a 5-year contract term. Please note, this tender opportunity is the next
stage of the process following the issue of the early engagement PIN
notice, issued on 2 February 2020 to understand the market and the
capacity within that to start early engagement with suppliers.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKG

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Strategic Marketing & Media Services (active)
  - Award id: `020086-2021-PS005A-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Agden Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-25780`
  - Value: £4,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Strategic Marketing & Media Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £4,000,000
  - Signed Date: 29/06/2020

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F020086-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-08-17T13:14:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T18:51:03.542Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02d5e5