UK domestic pre-publication newswire reporting

Official notice

Authority: AHDB

Below threshold - without competitionSME suitable

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£138,000published award · exc. VAT

Awarded 26 Mar 2025no call for competition

Awarded to PA Mediapoint

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Award notice for STA10219

AHDB requirement for pre-publication newswire that also provides news alerts via email in real time.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1AwardedSME

Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible

79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Below threshold - without competition
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 26 Mar 2025, 10:50 GMT
Last source update: 26 Mar 2025, 12:32 GMT
Authority reference: STA10219
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-011312
Latest notice: Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04f8d3 Find a Tender

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Mar 2025

Transparency notice published
26 Mar 2025, 10:50 GMT
UK5
Contract award notice published
26 Mar 2025, 12:32 GMT
UK6
Contract signature expected
26 Mar 2025, 23:59 GMT
scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £138,0001 award exc. VAT

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
PA Mediapoint27 Mar 2025 – 4 Mar 2026	£138,000	26 Mar 2025	Awarded

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PBHX-8363-MBBV Middlemarch Business Park, Siskin Parkway East, Coventry, West Midlands, CV3 4PEContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

PA MediapointAwarded supplier 3rd Floor, The Point, 37 N Wharf Rd, Paddington, London W2 1AF,, London, London, W2 1AFContact email
PA MediapointAwarded supplier 37 North Wharf Road,, London, London, W2 1AFContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender26 Mar 2025, 12:32 GMT
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender26 Mar 2025, 10:50 GMT