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Published 13 Jun 2025, 09:18 BST

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Media Advertising Agency - 2025

Official notice

Authority: The Education Training Collective (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove threshold
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£1,000,000≈ £333k / year · £1,200,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 8 Jul 2025
Contract term 3 yrsends 1 Aug 2028 · up to 1 Aug 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Education Training Collective (ETC) is a group of Ofsted rated Outstanding FE Colleges and Independent Training Providers within the North-East of England. The group currently has turnover circa £32 million. We are seeking a supplier to provide advertising solutions for a broad category of requirements that includes, but not limited to, services as described in the Tender documentation.

We require an agency who can be the single point of contact between the Education Training Collectives Marketing Team and the service providers managing the available advertising space required and should be able to make use of the mediums listed. The aim being to promote the Etc. Further Education sites within Teesside to 14–16-year-olds, their parents and 18-65 for our adult courses and Higher Education delivery. Along with sourcing additional promotional opportunities for our commercial offering within the Northeast.

CPV: Advertising and marketing services · Advertising consultancy services · Advertising management services · Advertising services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 3 yrsPublished value£1,000,000
Contract period: 1 Aug 2025 – 1 Aug 2028 (3 yrs) · up to 1 Aug 2030 with extensionsValue: £1,000,000 exc. VAT · £1,200,000 inc. VAT
Extensions: 1 x 24 months
79340000 Advertising and marketing services79341000 Advertising services79341100 Advertising consultancy services79341200 Advertising management services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
  • Simple description: Pricing: 30% Quality: 70%

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Cancelled
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
13 Jun 2025, 09:18 BST
Last source update
7 Oct 2025, 13:47 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 15 Jul 2025
Authority reference
ETCP-2025-0008
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-032135
Latest notice
Procurement termination notice (UK12)
Classification (CPV)
Advertising and marketing servicesAdvertising consultancy servicesAdvertising management servicesAdvertising services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05482f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
8 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
Clarification deadline
1 Jul 2025, 18:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

in-tendhost.co.uk/the-etc/ ↗

Timeline

13 Jun 2025 → 7 Oct 2025 · 6 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    13 Jun 2025, 09:18 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    1 Jul 2025, 18:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    8 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by
    15 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
  5. Contract starts
    1 Aug 2025
  6. Latest notice published385 days ago
    7 Oct 2025, 13:47 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Jun 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    13 Jun 2025, 09:18 BST
    UK4
  2. Procurement termination notice published
    7 Oct 2025, 13:47 BST
    UK12
  3. Status changed to complete
    7 Oct 2025, 13:47 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Contracts signed 1
Awarded toValueDateStatus
supplier not published—7 Oct 2025CancelledResponses to the tender resulting in difficulties to accurately compare supplier, the documentation was then reviewed and the direction of the tender changed to a significant amount that we felt a new process should be launched. A lot of precious criteria has remained however other elements have changed and a new tender process will be launched.

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · supplier not published

    Signed
    date not published
    Value
    —
    Period
    … – 1 Aug 2028
    Status
    cancelled

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Education Training Collective

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-UKPRN: 10006341 Stockton Riverside College, Thornaby, North East, TS176FBContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Procurement termination notice tenderProcurement termination noticeUK12Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender