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Media Strategy, Planning and Buying
Published 8 Jun 2026
8 Jun 2026
- Primary CPV
-
92200000 *
Radio and television services
- Location
- 🇬🇧 Westminster, London
- Value
- £80,000,000
- Contract
-
3 years Duration
19/06/2026 13/06/2029
- Contract Types
-
92 *Recreational, cultural & sporting servic...Full CPV Breakdown
- SME suitable
- Not stated
Publisher Address
Old Admiralty Building, London, SW1A 2DY, United Kingdom · UKI32
Contact
Award Criteria
Not specified
Related tenders
Department for Business & Trade
All notices from this publisher Same CPV code
92200000 *
All notices with this CPV code
Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-06adb8
Provision of Media Strategy, Planning and Buying services. This also includes the provision of a marketing operating system alongside paid, owned and earned planning (including international and domestic capability)
Awarded to
Full CPV breakdown
- 92200000 — Radio and television services (primary)
Notice details
- Buyer type
- Central government
- Competition
- Framework or DPS call-off (only suppliers already on the framework)
- Contract type
- Services
- Winning supplier
- Large company
- Procurement method
- Award under framework
- Main category
- Services
- Above threshold
- Yes
- Legal basis
- UKPGA 2023/54
- Notice status
- Complete
- Award status
- Pending
- Award date
- 5 Jun 2026
- Standstill period ends
- 18 Jun 2026
- Contract can be extended to
- 13 Jun 2030
- Renewal
- Optional - up to 12 months
- Language
- EN
- Published
- 08 Jun 2026 16:00
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06adb8
- Notice ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06adb8
Organisations on this notice
Supplier Large
Sea Containers, 18 Upper Ground, London, SE1 9ET, United Kingdom
GB-COH 04078547
Key dates
- Future Signature Date
- 19 Jun 2026 · Scheduled
Full notice record
57 detailsEverything the publisher included in this notice, organised by section.
Organisations
| Party 1 › Name | Department for Business & Trade |
| Party 1 › Address › Street | Old Admiralty Building |
| Party 1 › Address › Town / city | London |
| Party 1 › Address › Postcode | SW1A 2DY |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 1 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKI32 |
| Party 1 › Contact › Email | CommercialMarEvents@businessandtrade.gov.uk |
| Party 1 › Role | buyer |
| Party 1 › Classification › Description | Public authority - central government |
| Party 2 › Name | Wavemaker Ltd |
| Party 2 › Address › Street | Sea Containers, 18 Upper Ground |
| Party 2 › Address › Town / city | London |
| Party 2 › Address › Postcode | SE1 9ET |
| Party 2 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 2 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 2 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKI44 |
| Party 2 › Contact › Email | wpp650lot1@wppmedia.com |
| Party 2 › Role | supplier |
| Party 2 › Business size | large |
| Party 2 › VCSEs | No |
| Party 2 › Public service mission organisation | No |
| Party 2 › Sheltered workshop | No |
Buyer
| Name | Department for Business & Trade |
Tender
| Title | Media Strategy, Planning and Buying |
| Description | Provision of Media Strategy, Planning and Buying services. This also includes the provision of a marketing operating system alongside paid, owned and earned planning (including international and domestic capability) |
| Status | complete |
| Procedure type | selective |
| Procedure | Award under framework |
| Competitive | No |
| Lot › Status | complete |
Awards
| Title | Media Strategy, Planning and Buying |
| Status | pending |
| Date | 5 Jun 2026 |
| Value › Value incl. VAT | £97,000,000 |
| Value › Value | £80,000,000 |
| Value › Currency | GBP |
| Category | services |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| Supplier › Name | Wavemaker Ltd |
| Item › CPV › Description | Radio and television services |
| Item › Delivery › Region (NUTS) | UK |
| Item › Delivery › Country | GB |
| Item › Delivery › Country | United Kingdom |
| Standstill period › End | 18 Jun 2026 |
| Contract period › Start | 19 Jun 2026 |
| Contract period › End | 13 Jun 2029 |
| Contract period › Can be extended to | 13 Jun 2030 |
| Can be renewed | Yes |
| Renewal › Description | Optional - up to 12 months |
| Document › Document type | Award notice |
| Document › Description | Contract award notice on Find a Tender |
| Document › Link | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053925-2026 |
| Document › Published | 8 Jun 2026 |
| Milestone › Type | Future signature date |
| Milestone › Due | 19 Jun 2026 |
| Milestone › Status | scheduled |