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UCG PUBLIC RELATIONS AGENCY SERVICES

Buyer: United Colleges Group →

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BuyerUnited Colleges Group
StatusClosed
Deadline27 Mar 2026
Value£60,000
Published11 Mar 2026

What is being bought

UNITED COLLEGES GROUP PUBLIC RELATIONS AGENCY SERVICES, INITIALLY 1 YEAR

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Public relations services 79416000Public relations consultancy services 79416200

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£60,000
Contract periodFrom 24 Apr 2026 to 23 Apr 2027
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
PRESENTATION — PRESENTATION (30%)
PRICE — PRICE (10%)
QUALITY — QUALITY (60%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Public relations services, Public relations consultancy servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Public relations services (79416000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 797,3784 median · 34.1 average (2,694 of 7,378 with a bid count)3.2 average (3,040 of 7,378 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer5Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK2,0984 median · 69 average (741 of 2,098 with a bid count)5.2 average (880 of 2,098 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)5247 median · 8.3 average (3 of 524 with a bid count)1 average (3 of 524 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06674c
Latest release ID021799-2026
Latest release timestampWed Mar 11 2026 14:03:34 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021799-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-03-27T12:00:00Z
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-03-20T12:00:00Z
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsTo access this opportunity, log in to https://suppliers.multiquote.com and view the opportunity. If you are not registered with MultiQuote, please visit https://suppliers.multiquote.com, complete the registration form on the log in page and quote the title and reference of the notice in your registration.
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£60,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
11 Mar 2026tender021799-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
11 Mar 2026 · 021799-2026 · tender
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