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Published 11 Apr 2025, 19:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Paid Media Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: British Business Bank (Central government)

Dynamic marketServicesAbove threshold
Planned pipeline value£4,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 10 Jun 2025from the planned procurement notice
Market period 3 yrsends 14 Oct 2028 · up to 14 Oct 2029 with extensions · starts 14 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of media planning and buying services for the British Business Bank PLC and its subsidiaries, with focus on but not limited to digital advertising channels (paid search, paid social and display advertising).

The British Business Bank PLC (BBB) are seeking to appoint an agency for all media planning, buying and optimisation of campaigns across the British Business Bank’s (BBBs) paid media channels which can provide full outcome-based end to end national and regional campaign management.

To view this notice, please click here:

www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html ↗

CPV: Advertising campaign services

How this dynamic market works

From the published notice
Type
Dynamic market
Market period
3 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 14 Oct 2025

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot METDDM - P-2450PlannedRenewal 3 yrs
Contract period: 14 Oct 2025 – 14 Oct 2028 (3 yrs) · up to 14 Oct 2029 with extensions
Delivery: UK
Extensions: Extension options published

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
What this means for your bid
  • “Paid Media Services” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

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
Dynamic market
Who may use this agreement
Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
11 Apr 2025, 19:05 BST
Last source update
11 Apr 2025, 19:05 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-014785
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Advertising campaign services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0501fd Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Admission period ends
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Timeline

11 Apr 2025 → 14 Oct 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    11 Apr 2025, 19:05 BST
  2. Market engagement
    26 Apr 2025, 00:59 BST

    BBB is engaging with potential suppliers to participate in a preliminary market engagement exercise, to provide BBB with an understanding of optimum ways of working with agencies and current market SLA's and KPI's to ensure timely deliveries for media campaigns.

    This market engagement exercise is being conducted via the Delta eSourcing portal. Suppliers can register for free using the following link: www.delta-esourcing.com ↗

    Upon registration, the market engagement information (including an RFI questionnaire and details on how to submit responses) can be found using the following Access Code: ZTFCX38FS9

    Market engagement responses are required by no later than 5pm on Friday 25 April 2025, via the Delta esourcing portal.

  3. Tender notice expected
    10 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
  4. Contract starts379 days ago
    14 Oct 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    11 Apr 2025, 19:05 BST
    UK2

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

British Business Bank

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PGTM-8337-GYXM Steel City House, 2 West Street, Sheffield, Yorkshire & Humber, S1 2GQContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure