T1170 - Advertising and Marketing
Estimated value
—
Awarded value
£8.3m
Suppliers
1
Lots
1
Published
27 Mar 2026
Description
The University of Essex runs numerous advertising campaigns each year to attract students to study with us. These are run through the Marketing and Student Recruitment office who are responsible for the University's student recruitment marketing. Focus of this marketing is across UK and international priority markets, for attracting undergraduate and postgraduate taught students. The appointed agency will work closely with the marketing team at the University of Essex to deliver activity which contributes to our recruitment growth objectives and is in-line with all other student recruitment activity. This work will need to be in-line with our brand identity and annual recruitment campaign guidelines.
Scope
- Reference
- T1170
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 30 Sept 2026 to 30 Sept 2029Possible extension to 30 Sept 2033
3 year initial contract with 2 optional 24 month extensions available
- CPV classifications
- 7934000079341400
- Contract locations
- East of England, United Kingdom
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | ITT Quality evaluation is estimated to utilise 70% (ITT Stage weighting subject to change prior to commencement of ITT stage) | quality | — |
| Price | ITT Price evaluation is estimated to utilise 30% (ITT Stage weighting subject to change prior to commencement of ITT stage) | price | — |
Submission & procedure
- Procedure
- Competitive flexible procedure
Award details
Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.
Awarded value
£8.3m
Award date
27 Mar 2026
Contract start
30 Sept 2026
Contract end
30 Sept 2029