Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- VisitBritain/VisitEngland · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Manning Gottlieb OMD
- Value
- £100,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Advertising campaign services (CPV 79341400)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 026133-2023 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date4 Jul 2022
- Published5 Sep 2023Published 428 days after the contract date
Description
The purpose of this contract is to buy media channels<br/>from Manning Gottlieb, OMD who have set up a<br/>government media team to buy across all off and online<br/>channels on our behalf in the UK and globally.<br/><br/>Call Off award under CCS RM6123 Media Services Framework Agreement - Lot 1: Strategic Media Activation (Media Buying).
About the supplier
Manning Gottlieb OMD: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02078820).