Official UK procurement notice
V&A East Museum Media Buying
Authority: Victoria and Albert Museum (Central government)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: London (UKI)
Awarded value£299,875published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 27 Jan 2026no call for competition
Awarded to OMD Group Ltd.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAs set out in the Contract Award Notice
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- 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
- 27 Jan 2026, 09:59 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 May 2026, 11:48 BST
- Authority reference
VA/CON/F25/60- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-050211- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060f3eFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
As set out in the Transparency Notice
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
5 Feb 2026 → 28 May 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends264 days ago5 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published152 days ago28 May 2026, 11:48 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Jan 2026- Transparency notice published27 Jan 2026, 09:59 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published27 Jan 2026, 10:05 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected6 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published28 May 2026, 11:48 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £299,8751 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 24 Feb 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| OMD Group Ltd.7 Feb 2026 – 6 Aug 2026Options: Option to vary the media required for the campaign to allow for flexibility | £299,875 | 27 Jan 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · OMD Group Ltd.
- Signed
- 24 Feb 2026
- Value
- £299,875
- Period
- 24 Feb 2026 – 6 Aug 2026 · up to 6 Aug 2027 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- As set out in options
- Options
- As set out in the Contract Award Notice
No agreed KPIs: Contract value is not more than £5 million including VAT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- OMD GROUP LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender