Media Planning and Buying for Reputation, Business Engagement and Student Recruitment Marketing

Sheffield Hallam UniversitycontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-05866cProcurement Act 2023pending
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Estimated value

Awarded value

£10.4m

Awarded 05 Jan 2026

Suppliers

1

Lots

1

1 awarded

Published

08 Jan 2026

Description

The University requires a media planning and buying agency to assist in achieving its strategic marketing and student recruitment objectives, which include: ● delivering student recruitment success and engagement across the prospective student journey in line with academic and financial targets Home and International ● raising the profile and enhancing the reputation of the University through institutional positioning and research impact ● promoting the University brand and Sheffield city to achieve stand out and cut through in our competitive marketplace ● generating business leads through business engagement activity to support apprenticeship, placement, KTP and other institutional objectives ● Measuring and optimising all activity using data and insights to ensure our activities are relevant and impactful The agency will proactively support and work in partnership with the University's Marketing Directorate. In scope are all media planning and buying activities across Prospective Student Recruitment marketing and all brand level marketing as well as lead generation business to business marketing, paid search activity and social media campaigns across all audiences.

Scope

Reference
2425-02-RCM-LJ
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
12 Jan 2026 to 11 Jan 2029
Possible extension to 11 Jan 2031

Initial term of 3 years followed by one possible extension of 2 further years

CPV classifications
79310000
79340000
Contract locations
Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Qualityquality60.00%
Priceprice35.00%
Social Valuequality5.00%

Submission & procedure

Procedure
Competitive flexible procedure

Award details

Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.

Awarded value

£10.4m

Award date

05 Jan 2026

Contract start

20 Jan 2026

Contract end

19 Jan 2029

Awarded to