Published date: 13 January 2022

Last edited date: 13 January 2022

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 14 February 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Advertising and marketing services - 79340000

  • Advertising services - 79341000

  • Advertising consultancy services - 79341100

    • Advertising management services - 79341200

    • Advertising campaign services - 79341400

Location of contract

SR1 3SD

Value of contract

£0.01 to £3,000,000

Procurement reference

IT-158-261-UoS/Media Planning & Buying/1021

Published date

13 January 2022

Closing date

14 February 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The University of Sunderland and its subsidiaries would like to invite tenders to provide planning, sourcing and purchasing of media, using different media channels for its student recruitment and brand awareness campaigns and other advertising requirements, including B2B media buying.

Working with the University of Sunderland and its subsidiaries commencing approximately April 2022, the tender is for a period of 3 years' with the option to extend for 2 years' in 12 monthly increments. The overall contract value is estimated at GBP £3 million over 5 years' (the maximum contract length) i.e. GBP £600,000 per annum (excluding VAT where applicable) - note there are no guarantees on spend levels. We also reserve the right to spend an additional 100% of the original anticipated budget, subject to changes to requirements across the University, for the duration of the award, and purchase some elements of local media directly where we have existing contracts.

Expressions of interest and tender documents are available via In-Tend
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofsunderland/aspx/Home

Note closing date for return of tenders and documents is 12 noon - Monday 14th February 2022

More information

Links

Additional text

Expressions of interest and tender ITT downloads are available via In-Tend - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofsunderland/aspx/Home

Important - please return your completed tender response documents via the In-Tend eprocurement portal by:-
12 noon -14th February 2022

Funding Type (WEFO or EU) : EU

Funding Description

Any commissions under this contract or framework maybe subject to external funding from bodies such as ERDF, DfE, Arts Council, Heritage Lottery Fund, LEP, etc and the successful supplier will be expected to work with the University on any funding applications where appropriate. This list of funding bodies is not exhaustive.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Andrea Brook

Address

City Campus
Chester Road
Sunderland
SR1 3SD
United Kingdom

Telephone

0191 515 2851

Email

andrea.brook@sunderland.ac.uk

Website

http://services.sunderland.ac.uk/finance/sections/procurement/