Official UK procurement notice
002146 - Place Brand Activation
Authority: Durham County Council (Local council)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North East (UKC)
Awarded value£20,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 Apr 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Steve Davidson Advertising - Companies House 06546608, Steve Davison (SD) Advertising
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMedia purchase, national title - Media activity in support of new place brand on behalf of Visit County Durham. They use a media buyer to get best rates and therefore there aren't multiple suppliers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Mar 2025, 15:43 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 May 2025, 16:34 BST
- Authority reference
OPEN2025351- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-020980- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f898Find a Tender
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Mar 2025- Transparency notice published25 Mar 2025, 15:43 GMTUK5
- Contract signature expected31 Mar 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published13 May 2025, 16:34 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £20,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Apr 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Davidson Advertising - Companies House 06546608SME, Steve Davison (SD) AdvertisingSMEjoint award1 Apr 2025 – 30 Sept 2025 | £20,000 | — | Awarded |
Contracts
002146 - Place Brand Activation · Steve Davidson Advertising - Companies House 06546608SME, Steve Davison (SD) AdvertisingSME
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £20,000
- Period
- 1 Apr 2025 – 30 Sept 2025
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Steve Davidson Advertising - Companies House 06546608Awarded supplier
- Steve Davison (SD) AdvertisingAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender