Media Planning and Buying for Reputation, Business Engagement and Student Recruitment Marketing
Estimated value
—
Awarded value
£10.4m
Suppliers
1
Lots
1
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 2029Possible extension to 11 Jan 2031
Initial term of 3 years followed by one possible extension of 2 further years
- CPV classifications
- 7931000079340000
- Contract locations
- Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | — | quality | 60.00% |
| Price | — | price | 35.00% |
| Social Value | — | quality | 5.00% |
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