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The National Lottery Community Fund

C0168 - NLPU Cross Distributor Campaign

Business ServicesCPV 79416000
Value£2.1m
Deadline17 Aug 2026
Published16 Jun 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 16 Jun 202624 days leftCloses 17 Aug 2026
Who to contact
Kristian Wharton
Kristian.Wharton@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
+44 03454102030

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

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Contract value in context
£2.1mtotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£2.2m

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.

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The brief

The National Lottery Community Fund (Fund), on behalf of the National Lottery Promotions Unit (NLPU) is running a procurement process to identify a suitably qualified Supplier for the provision of PR support services as part of the Cross Distributor Campaign.

The supplier will be an experienced creative communications and public relations agency who will design, develop, and deliver a high-impact, consumer-facing PR campaign at the latter end of 2026.

This campaign will align with and enhance the broader “The National Lottery” (TNL) brand strategy and build on the established success of previous NLPU initiatives such as historic birthday/cross distributor campaigns.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The National Lottery Community Fund (Fund), on

The National Lottery Community Fund (Fund), on behalf of the National Lottery Promotions Unit (NLPU) is running a procurement process to identify a suitably qualified Supplier for the provision of PR support services as part of the Cross Distributor Campaign.

02

The supplier will be an experienced creative

The supplier will be an experienced creative communications and public relations agency who will design, develop, and deliver a high-impact, consumer-facing PR campaign at the latter end of 2026.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

2540 daysof bid-team effort
£17.1k£27.4kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £1m–£10m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidProfessional indemnity insurance
  • Show at bidNamed engagement team with CVs
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b61d
Stage
tender · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
056723-2026
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