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Provision of Media and Creative Services for ONS
Published 1 May 2026
1 May 2026
- Primary CPV
-
79340000 *
Advertising and marketing services
- Location
- 🇬🇧 Monmouthshire and Newport, Wales
- Value
- £4,000,000
- Contract
-
4 years Duration
14/06/2026 13/06/2030
- Contract Types
-
79 *Business services: law, marketing, consu...Full CPV Breakdown
- SME suitable
- Not stated
Publisher Address
Government Buildings, Cardiff Road, Newport, NP10 8XG, United Kingdom · UKL21
Contact
Award Criteria
Not specified
Related tenders
Office for National Statistics
All notices from this publisher Same CPV code
79340000 *
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Reference: CS-26-213
Government Media call-off for advertising across a range of media channels including: TV, Print, Digital display, Search Engine and Social Media.
Commercial approach is to source this requirement through CCS framework - Media and Creative Services RM6364 - Lot 1 Media Strategy, Planning and Buying
The contract will be a call-off contract for a value of up to £4million for 4 years. ONS is required to have a call-off contract set up for this type of requirement.
Also, the Procurement Act 2023 permits an award without competition (direct award) where a framework agreement has been established through a compliant competitive process. The RM6364 framework fully satisfies this requirement. Rather than eliminating competition, this model concentrates it at the point where it delivers greatest value. CCS maintains robust supplier relationship management, including quarterly financial compliance audits, annual price performance audits, bi-annual customer satisfaction surveys, and ad-hoc NPS scores after large campaign. CCS have already run a competition and the sole supplier on Lot 1 is the best choice.
Awarded to
Full CPV breakdown
- 79340000 — Advertising and marketing services (primary)
Notice details
- Buyer type
- Central government
- Competition
- Direct award (no competition)
- Contract type
- Services
- Winning supplier
- Large company
- Procurement method
- Direct award
- Main category
- Services
- Above threshold
- Yes
- Legal basis
- UKPGA 2023/54
- Notice status
- Complete
- Award status
- Pending
- Language
- EN
- Published
- 01 May 2026 11:23
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-069016
- Notice ID
- CS-26-213
Organisations on this notice
Supplier Large
Sea Containers, London, SE1 9ET, United Kingdom
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Key dates
- Future Signature Date
- 9 Jun 2026 · Scheduled
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Organisations
| Party 1 › Name | Office for National Statistics |
| Party 1 › Address › Street | Government Buildings, Cardiff Road |
| Party 1 › Address › Town / city | Newport |
| Party 1 › Address › Postcode | NP10 8XG |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 1 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKL21 |
| Party 1 › Role | buyer |
| Party 1 › Classification › Description | Public authority - central government |
| Party 2 › Name | WAVEMAKER LIMITED |
| Party 2 › Address › Street | Sea Containers |
| 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 › Role | supplier |
| Party 2 › Link | https://wavemakerglobal.com/uk/ |
| Party 2 › Business size | large |
| Party 2 › VCSEs | No |
Buyer
| Name | Office for National Statistics |
Tender
| Title | Provision of Media and Creative Services for ONS |
| Status | complete |
| Procedure type | direct |
| Procedure | Direct award |
| Lot › Status | complete |
| Lot › Suitable for › SMEs | Yes |
| Document › Document type | Conflict of interest |
| Document › Description | Not published |
Awards
| Status | pending |
| Value › Value incl. VAT | £4,800,000 |
| Value › Value | £4,000,000 |
| Value › Currency | GBP |
| Category | services |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| Supplier › Name | WAVEMAKER LIMITED |
| Item › CPV › Description | Advertising and marketing services |
| Item › Delivery › Region (NUTS) | UK |
| Item › Delivery › Country | GB |
| Item › Delivery › Country | United Kingdom |
| Contract period › Start | 14 Jun 2026 |
| Contract period › End | 13 Jun 2030 |
| Document › Document type | Award notice |
| Document › Description | Transparency notice on Find a Tender |
| Document › Link | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/040396-2026 |
| Document › Published | 1 May 2026 |
| Milestone › Type | Future signature date |
| Milestone › Due | 9 Jun 2026 |
| Milestone › Status | scheduled |