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Crown Commercial Service

RM6003 Media Buying Award Notice

Business ServicesCPV 79341000 92200000
Value£800.0m
Awarded19 Mar 2018
Published4 Oct 2018
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£800.0mtotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£864.0m

This is a large award for Business Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The purpose of this Framework Agreement is to provide central government (and the wider public sector) with a new, open and transparent approach for the media buying agency, to provide the best possible outcomes for communication campaigns whilst providing value for the taxpayer.

The successful media buying agency is capable of providing excellent customer service, as well as delivering value for money.

They will work in partnership with media buying agencies to deliver the media buying aspect of fully integrated campaigns for government.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The purpose of this Framework Agreement is

The purpose of this Framework Agreement is to provide central government (and the wider public sector).

02

With a new, open and transparent approach

with a new, open and transparent approach for the media buying agency, to provide the best possible.

03

Buying agency is capable of providing excellent

buying agency is capable of providing excellent customer service, as well as delivering value for money.

04

They will work in partnership with media

They will work in partnership with media buying agencies to deliver the media buying aspect of fully.

05

Integrated campaigns for government

integrated campaigns for government.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

2 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Crown Commercial Service frameworkFrameworks & routes to market
RM6003 Media Buying Award Notice
Framework agreement (any)Frameworks & routes to market
The purpose of this Framework Agreement is to provide central government (and the wider public sector)

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Stage
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