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Published 17 Apr 2025, 15:04 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Creative Production and Media buying for Public Awareness Campaigns

Official notice

Authority: The Electoral Commission (Public body)

ServicesAbove threshold
Planned pipeline value£22,500,000pipeline notice, not a live tender · 1 value update
Tender notice expected 1 Nov 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 15 Jun 2029 · starts 16 Jun 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Electoral Commission is the independent body which oversees elections and regulates political finance in the UK. We work to promote public confidence in the democratic process and ensure its integrity.

The Electoral Commission intends to commence a procurement process for the provision of creative production and media buying for our public awareness campaigns. This notice intends to alert the market of the upcoming opportunity only.

The successful agency will plan media strategies and buy media inventory and/or advertising space across the following (but not limited to), media channels:

TV advertising

Broadcast video on demand advertising

Radio advertising

Print advertising

Out of home advertising

Digital display advertising

Paid social

Paid search

They will also be responsible for creative strategy and will plan, create and produce the relevant assets for the chosen media channels. If relevant, they will also design the creative for any new public awareness campaigns.

The Electoral Commission's anticipated annual budget is £9m per annum [over 3 years]. This figure does not include spend incurred for unscheduled elections, nor does it include costs that may arise from legislative changes that may impact the Commission's work.

CPV: Advertising and marketing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 3 yrs
Contract period: 16 Jun 2026 – 15 Jun 2029 (3 yrs)
Delivery: UK

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
17 Apr 2025, 15:04 BST
Last source update
16 May 2025, 16:32 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-022380
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Advertising and marketing services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050502 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

17 Apr 2025 → 31 Jul 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    17 Apr 2025, 15:04 BST
  2. Latest notice published
    16 May 2025, 16:32 BST
  3. Tender notice expected359 days ago
    1 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts133 days ago
    16 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
  5. Market engagement87 days ago
    31 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST

    Online Meet the buyer event planned for 5th June 2025

Notice history

5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Apr 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    17 Apr 2025, 15:04 BST
    UK1
  2. Pipeline notice published
    8 May 2025, 11:39 BST
    UK1
  3. Pipeline notice published
    8 May 2025, 14:01 BST
    UK1
  4. Published value updated to £22,500,000
    8 May 2025, 14:01 BST
    was £27,000,000
  5. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    16 May 2025, 16:32 BST
    UK2
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-04: 1 release · 17 Apr 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Electoral Commission

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-PPON: PHYY-1292-MMXL 3 Bunhill Row, London, London, EC1Y 8YZContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Preliminary market engagement notice planningPreliminary market engagement noticeUK2Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender