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Official procurement procedure
SPPD - Marketing Services (2026) Lots 1 & 2 re-issued
Advertising and marketing services
Advertising campaign services
Advertising services
Published value
£16,000,000
Submission deadline 6 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
Lots published2
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Scottish Government: "SPPD - Marketing Services (2026) Lots 1 & 2 re-issued". Published status: active. Published value: £16,000,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 6 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Scottish Government | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | Closed 6 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | £16,000,000 |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Scottish Government
Market Analytics
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Scottish Government. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Competition Density
3.4Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate availablePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Coverage: 71 active published awards; 63 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityScottish Government | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statusactive | Framework / DPSFramework | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published5 Jan 2026, 11:12 GMT | Last source update5 Jan 2026, 11:12 GMT | Recurring procurementYes |
ClassificationAdvertising and marketing services, Advertising campaign services, Advertising services | ||
Delivery area | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04d5b1 | ||
What is being bought
The Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate (SPPD) is the organisation tasked with procuring frameworks and contracts on behalf of Scottish public sector bodies. This Framework will be a multi-lot and multi-supplier agreement and will cover the following services: Creative Services, Digital Marketing, Public Relations, Market Research and Events and Video Production. Due to technical issues beyond Scottish Procurement’s control, Lots 1 and 2 for Creative Services is being re-advertised.
The framework agreement will be available for use by the Scottish Ministers (including Agencies), Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies, offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices, cross-border public authorities within the meaning of section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998, The Office for the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, councils constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, , bodies registered as social landlords under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, Scottish health boards or special health boards, Student Loans Company Limited, the Commissioner of Northern Lighthouse operating as the Northern Lighthouse Board, Scottish Futures Trust, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Business Stream Ltd, the Business Gateway National Unit at the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, further or higher education institutions being fundable bodies within the meaning of section 6 of the further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005, any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament, any association of or formed by one or more of the foregoing, bodies financed wholly or mainly by one or more of the foregoing, bodies subject to management supervision by one or more of the foregoing and bodies more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or, in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, being appointed by one or more of the foregoing. In addition to the contracting authorities listed, the framework agreement will be available to charities entered on the Scottish Charity Register and voluntary organisations entered on the Membership Database of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.
Information about agencies of the Scottish Ministers ,Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies and offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices are listed at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/public-bodies/about/Bodies
Overview of the governance structure of public procurement for Scotland, including the Public Procurement Group.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/public-procurement-governance/
What changed
From the official release history
- Published value updated to £16,000,000
5 Jan 2026, 11:12 GMT - Official notice release published
5 Jan 2026, 11:12 GMT - Submission deadline changed to 6 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
5 Jan 2026, 11:12 GMT - Published value updated to £40,000,000
26 Sept 2025, 11:24 BST - Status changed to active
26 Sept 2025, 11:24 BST - Official notice release published
26 Sept 2025, 11:24 BST - Submission deadline changed to 7 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
26 Sept 2025, 11:24 BST - Buyer information updated
26 Sept 2025, 11:24 BST - Published value updated to £30,000,000
23 Jan 2025, 12:18 GMT - Status changed to planned
23 Jan 2025, 12:18 GMT - Official notice release published
23 Jan 2025, 12:18 GMT - Buyer information updated
23 Jan 2025, 12:18 GMT
Lots and requirements (2)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Creative Services (above 75,000 GBP)activePublished value£14,000,000This is a re-advertisement - It is envisaged that Lot 1 will have five suppliers appointed. Creative Services will include the development, creation and delivery of effective and measurable marketing communications programmes and advertising campaigns as well as elements of wider activities, based on a Framework Public Body's brief, and potentially delivered in partnership with the relevant marketing agencies. The suppliers must have the capability and experience in managing and providing strategic creative development and delivery across the disciplines of this category, where relevant to support behaviour change, including the delivery of advertising activity, content creation, engaging field activity, impactful, targeted and measurable communications. Lot 1 will be for call off contracts above 75,000 GBP.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
- Lot 2 · #2Creative Services (below 75,000 GBP)activePublished value£2,000,000This is a re-advertisement - It is envisaged that Lot 2 will have three suppliers appointed. Creative Services will include the development, creation and delivery of effective and measurable marketing communications programmes and advertising campaigns as well as elements of wider activities, based on a Framework Public Body's brief, and potentially delivered in partnership with the relevant marketing agencies. The suppliers must have the capability and experience in managing and providing strategic creative development and delivery across the disciplines of this category, where relevant to support behaviour change, including the delivery of advertising activity, content creation, engaging field activity, impactful, targeted and measurable communications. Lot 2 will be for call off contracts below 75,000 GBP.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
5 Jan 2026, 11:12 GMT - Submission deadline
6 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published |
ContractsNo contract published |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Scottish Government
Contracting authority GB-FTS-6067Documents (0)
Official links; attachments are not copied
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Related procedures (0)
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