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
- Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Precise Media Monitoring Ltd
- Value
- £118,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Postal & telecoms services · Multimedia Message Service (MMS) services (CPV 64212300)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 080797-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date8 Dec 2025
- Published8 Dec 2025Published the same day
Description
AHDB intend to procure a Contract to a successful Supplier for the provision of Media Monitoring services, covering areas such as Press Release distribution and requirements, Press enquiry logging and tracking, and 24/7 Media Monitoring. Media Monitoring Requirements Access to an easy-to-use platform for approximately 25 users 24/7 (all) Media Monitoring AHDB: Predominantly covering the following UK agriculture sectors: Beef & Lamb, Cereals and Oilseeds, Pork and Diary. Daily cutting reports from national, regional and trade press and broadcast media (including agriculture and food). Understanding of our key trade media titles is of high importance. Consistent and proactive human support to get the most out of the software. Monthly report on all AHDB coverage which can be broken down by sector. Development of reports with measures targeted to the business's needs (statistics that can be digested and understood across the business). Ad-hoc specialist reporting - campaigns, topics and t…
About the supplier
Precise Media Monitoring Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03247942).