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Media buying tenders from UK public buyers
Media buying tenders open now: 2. In the 12 months to 22 October 2026, UK public buyers published 76 matching notices. The newest recorded award went to Wavemaker Limited on 23 Jul 2026.
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Which media buying tenders are open now?
2 notices with a deadline still ahead on 22 October 2026, closing soonest first, all matched by text.
Media buying tenders matched by text
Each title, buyer or stated region matches this hub’s rule. That is a word match, not a judgment of what is bought.
- Marketing, Advertising and Media Buying Services - Wirral Met CollegeWirral Metropolitan College · Published 16 Oct 2026Wirral Met College is seeking a supplier to provide marketing, advertising and media buying services to support student recruitment, raise awareness of the College and promote its courses. The requirement includes campaign planning, media recommendations and buying, campaign delivery, monitoring, op£92,000Estimated value stated in the noticeCloses Sun 25 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Digital Media Planning and Buying ServicesSRUC · Published 12 Oct 2026SRUC is seeking to appoint one or two media buying agencies who have the experience to develop and deliver media activity in the higher education sector within local and international markets, while recognising the different perspectives, challenges, market demands and media consumption that exist w£320,000Estimated value stated in the noticeCloses Wed 11 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
No stated deadline: 3 tender notices from the last 60 days
These are tender-stage notices whose source gives no deadline and no ended status. They are not counted as open above: check the official record before treating one as live.
- Media BuyingAFFINITY WATER LIMITED · Published 2 Oct 2026To appoint a supplier or suppliers to provide paid media (digital and offline advertising) services to Affinity Water. Affinity Water is seeking a strategic paid media supplier(s) to develop, plan, activate, optimise and evaluate an ongoing programme supporting Keep Life Flowing and our wider water£6,000,000Estimated value stated in the noticeLive tender · Open
- Media Planning and Buying ServicesATOC Limited · Published 18 Sep 2026The Supplier will provide a fully managed, audience-led service covering strategic media planning, media buying and activation, campaign management, optimisation, reporting, insight, measurement and evaluation, together with associated financial and commercial management. Services will support natioValue not stated in sourceLive tender · Open
- Media Buying Services for Guildhall SchoolThe Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London · Published 27 Aug 2026The City invites Bidders to complete and submit a request to participate in the Procurement for the provision of Media Buying Services for the Guildhall School. Guildhall School is where passion meets purpose. We deliver world-class professional training in music, drama, production and design across£900,000Estimated value stated in the noticeLive tender · Open
Which buyers publish the most media buying notices?
Cabinet Office, with 3 notices of 76 in the 12 months to 22 October 2026.
Count of notices by the buyer name as published, 76 notices in the window, read 22 October 2026.
How many media buying notices are published each month?
About 6 a month over the last eleven full months; the busiest month was July 2026, with 17.
3 of the 30 media buying notices that stated a GBP value in the last 12 months fell in this band (10%). 1 of the open notices listed above is in it.
Counts come from this page’s data. A stated estimate is not the contract value, and frameworks are excluded.
| Stage | Notices |
|---|---|
| Award | 36 |
| Contract | 19 |
| Tender | 11 |
| Planning | 9 |
| Tender cancellation | 1 |
| Stated value | Notices |
|---|---|
| Under £25,000 | 0 |
| £25,000 to £100,000 | 3 |
| £100,000 to £500,000 | 5 |
| £500,000 to £2 million | 8 |
| £2 million or more | 14 |
Who has won media buying contracts recently?
WAVEMAKER LIMITED won 6 of the award notices read for this hub, the most of any supplier.
On 23 Jul 2026, Ministry of Defence recorded an award to Wavemaker Limited for “Media Planning and Buying Services for Pan MOD”, at a recorded value of £12,000,000.
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| Supplier | Award notices won |
|---|---|
| WAVEMAKER LIMITED | 6 |
| Wavemaker Limited | 5 |
| OMD GROUP LIMITED | 3 |
| WPP 650 | 2 |
| Wavemaker Ltd | 2 |
| AJB MEDIA LIMITED | 1 |
| ASG | 1 |
| GOLLEY SLATER GROUP LIMITED | 1 |
What counts as media buying tenders here?
Planning and purchasing paid advertising space across channels on the buyer's behalf. Creative production, organic social media management, and public relations are excluded; selling advertising rights on the buyer's assets is advertising-and-sponsorship-rights.
Classified
The notice’s recorded classification (proposed by a model, each label checked by Jev) accepted this catalogue subject: media planning and buying. Classified notices are not yet published to public pages, so none appear here yet.
Matched by text
The title contains one of: media buying, media planning, advertising space. A word match is not a judgment of what is bought, so these are labelled as matches.
Open the official notice
Every notice above links to its page here and to its record on Find a Tender or Contracts Finder. The documents there are the tender; this page is not.Check the dates
Note the deadline and any clarification or expression-of-interest date. Forecast and planning notices have no bid deadline yet.Check the route to market
A framework or dynamic purchasing system call-off needs a place on that agreement first; an open procedure does not.Look at who won before
The winners above show who has delivered this kind of contract recently and for which buyers.
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2 notices open now
Listed above, closing soonest first, each linked to its page and the official record.Cabinet Office published 3 notices
The most of any buyer here, out of 76 in the last 12 months.WAVEMAKER LIMITED won 6 awards
The most of any supplier in the 55 award and contract notices read for this hub.About 6 notices a month
Published on average over the last 11 full months, from 76 in the 12-month window.
Questions about this page
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- 22 October 2025 to 22 October 2026, by publication date
- Classification
- Not yet published to public pages
- Classified notices are not yet published to public pages, so every notice here is matched by text.
- A text match means the notice's title, buyer or stated region fits this hub's rule. It is not a judgment of what is bought.
- Open means a stated deadline still in the future. Tender notices with no stated deadline are listed separately, and only when published in the last 60 days; planning and forecast notices are not counted as open.
- Award records come from the legacy award table, whose newest record is 23 July 2026.
- UK notices from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder only. EU (TED) notices are not counted.
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