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V&A East Museum Media Buying - Burst 2

BuyerVictoria and Albert Museum

StatusAwarded

DeadlineNot published

ValueValue not published

Published21 Jul 2026

What is being bought

Earlier this year, we published a transparency notice and contract award notice for media buying for V&A East Museum. We now wish to purchase additional services for the same campagin. This requires a new set of notices because the value is above 50% of the original contract. Please see the original notice for details of the requirement https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006929-2026

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

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 policyNot published

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.

Awards

1

Statuspending

SupplierOMD GROUP LIMITED

Value£450,000

Contract periodFrom 1 Aug 2026 to 31 Dec 2026

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

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

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Latest release timestamp	Tue Jul 21 2026 15:41:22 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	Not published
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Procurement method	direct
Procurement method details	Direct award
Main procurement category	Not published
Above threshold	Not published
Legal basis	2023/54
Tender period: start	Not published
Tender period: end	Not published
Expression of interest deadline	Not published
Enquiry deadline	Not published
Award period: start	Not published
Award period: end	Not published
Submission method details	Not published
Submission languages	Not published
Electronic catalogue policy	Not published
Total tender value	Not published
Tender lots in source	1
Tender items in source	0
Tender documents in source	0
Awards in latest release	1
Contracts in latest release	0
Parties in latest release	2

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
21 Jul 2026	award, contract	068875-2026
21 Jul 2026	award, contract	068868-2026

All source data

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

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Complete JSON history (2 releases)

21 Jul 2026 · 068875-2026 · award, contract

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