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Published 23 May 2025, 11:38 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Creative Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) (Education)

Services
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£3,300,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 2 Apr 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Jan 2029 · up to 31 Jan 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Feb 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The provision of Creative Services for the Open University

CPV: Marketing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrs
Contract period: 1 Feb 2027 – 31 Jan 2029 (2 yrs) · up to 31 Jan 2031 with extensions
Extensions: Extension options published

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
Unspecified in notice
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
23 May 2025, 11:38 BST
Last source update
23 May 2025, 11:38 BST
Authority reference
OUPA10799
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-026020
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Marketing services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05219b Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

23 May 2025 → 1 Feb 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    23 May 2025, 11:38 BST
  2. Tender notice expected209 days ago
    2 Apr 2026, 00:59 BST
  3. Today
    28 Oct 2026
  4. Contract startsin 95 days
    1 Feb 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Pipeline notice published
    23 May 2025, 11:38 BST
    UK1

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 OPEN UNIVERSITY

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-CHC: RC000391 Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, South East, MK7 6AAContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender