Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- University of Gloucestershire · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Hybrid News Limited SME
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure
- Sector
- Business services · Advertising and marketing services (CPV 79340000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 000456-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Dec 2025
- Published5 Jan 2026Published 13 days after the contract date
Description
University of Gloucestershire (UoG) is seeking to appoint an experienced and reputable supplier to provide marketing, communication and brand services for a 3-year period starting on 20 March 2026 and finishing on 19 March 2029. The University reserves the right to extend the contract agreement by a further year at its sole discretion. The contract will be awarded based on Media planning, buying & execution for an annual undergraduate student recruitment campaign. This could be setup in the current format of the three separate core recruitment campaigns across the year (Apply, Open Days & Clearing) - up to £500,000 pa, including all media and management fees, or it could be a single annual or 18-month campaign that reflects the full recruitment cycle with multiple phases to encompass the different and changing actions we want our audience to make.
About the supplier
Hybrid News Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06993551).