Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13ba4-67eb-70df-a567-c810bed6281e/media-planning-buying-and-associated-services-2023

awarded GB open procedure

# Media Planning, Buying and Associated Services 2023

[Scottish Government](https://tendernation.io/buyers/scottish-government)

Estimated value

£60,000,000

Published

7 May 2024

Deadline

Closed

26 Jun 2023

## Who can bid

- Split into 2 lots

    You can usually bid for just the lots you can deliver.
- Sets up a framework

    Winning a place does not guarantee work: contracts are awarded later as call-offs, and the list usually stays closed for years.
- Open procedure

    Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage.

## About this tender

The Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate (SPPD) is the organisation tasked with procuring frameworks and contracts on behalf of Scottish public sector bodies.

The Framework will cover the provision of Media Planning & Buying, for the booking of advertisements to run in UK & Ireland and Overseas, in support of activities including, but not restricted to, social advertising, public information (including access to services) and revenue generating promotion.

The purpose of this agreement is to provide the Scottish Public Sector with an open and transparent approach to media planning, buying and associated services, with the Contractors providing the best possible outcomes for media campaigns.

The framework agreement will be available for use by the Scottish Ministers (including Agencies), Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies, offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices, cross-border public authorities within the meaning of section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998, The Office for the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, councils constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, , bodies registered as social landlords under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, Scottish health boards or special health boards, Student Loans Company Limited, the Commissioner of Northern Lighthouse operating as the Northern Lighthouse Board, Scottish Futures Trust, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Business Stream Ltd, the Business Gateway National Unit at the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, further or higher education institutions being fundable bodies within the meaning of section 6 of the further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005, any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament, any association of or formed by one or more of the foregoing, bodies financed wholly or mainly by one or more of the foregoing, bodies subject to management supervision by one or more of the foregoing and bodies more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or, in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, being appointed by one or more of the foregoing. In addition to the contracting authorities listed, the framework agreement will be available to charities entered on the Scottish Charity Register and voluntary organisations entered on the Membership Database of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.

Information about agencies of the Scottish Ministers ,Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies and offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices are listed at

[scotland.gov.uk](http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/public-bodies/about/Bodies)

Overview of the governance structure of public procurement for Scotland, including the Public Procurement Group.

[gov.scot](https://www.gov.scot/publications/public-procurement-governance/)

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## CPV classification

Advertising services

Source

Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-0396ed-2024-05-07T13:47:49+01:00

[View official notice](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-0396ed-2024-05-07T13:47:49+01:00)

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