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Published 4 Feb 2025, 14:30 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Media Services - 2025 · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: University of Hertfordshire (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published value£7,000,000published on the single lot · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 7 Mar 2025awarded 9 Apr 2025
Awarded to Hunterlodge Group Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The provision of one agency for strategic and operational media services to the University and its subsidiary companies.It is intended that the contract will run for an initial period of three years with the option to extend by a further two years in one-year increments, subject to satisfactory performance.

CPV: Advertising and marketing services · Advertising campaign services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The University of Hertfordshire is awarding the contract for the provision of Media…AwardedRenewalPublished value£7,000,000

The University of Hertfordshire is awarding the contract for the provision of Media Services following a tender exercise.

Delivery: East of England
Extensions: It is anticipated that the contract will run from the 1st of May 2025 for three (3) years until 30th April 2028. At the end of the first three years the University will have an option to extend for a further two years. This is subject to satisfactory performance of the contract. The contract duration is a maximum of five years.Variant bids: not allowed

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
Quality: 85%Price: 15%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical evaluation: 85%
  • price: 15%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical evaluation: 85
  • Price: 15
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 15 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
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
Yes
First published
4 Feb 2025, 14:30 GMT
Last source update
24 Apr 2025, 15:58 BST
Award evaluation window
7 Mar 2025 – …
Authority reference
24046
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-016844
Classification (CPV)
Advertising and marketing servicesAdvertising campaign services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH2)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04db7c Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Reviews must be submitted in the ten day standstill period

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
7 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
7 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT

Timeline

7 Mar 2025 → 24 Apr 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    7 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    7 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    24 Apr 2025, 15:58 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    24 Apr 2025, 15:58 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £7,100,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 129 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Apr 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Hunterlodge Group LimitedSME£7,100,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
12bids · 12 electronic · 1 from abroad9——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

University of Hertfordshire

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation College Lane, Hatfield, East of England, AL10 9ABContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Other public bodies

  • European UnionFunder

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Crown Commercial ServicesReview body Liverpool
  • University of Hertfordshire Higher Education CorporationReview contact point Hatfield

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.