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Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) verified 1 month ago Contract notice

Media Buying Services for Guildhall School

Open United Kingdom Business services

Buyer The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London

€1.0M estimated value · €1,049,685 · converted from GBP

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Procedure
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Summary

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The City of London Corporation is procuring media buying services for the Guildhall School, which provides professional training in music, drama, production and design in the City of London. The School seeks an experienced supplier to deliver strategic digital media planning and buying to support recruitment of students, programme participants and audiences. Services include developing paid media strategies, strategic planning, media buying, campaign optimisation, performance monitoring and reporting, ensuring the media budget is used creatively, efficiently and impactfully. Suppliers with a strong track record in digital media planning and buying, especially in the higher education sector, are invited to participate via the ITP stage. The estimated annual contract value is 225,000 GBP excluding VAT, with the total value covering the full duration including maximum extensions. Participation requires free registration on the City of London Sourcing and Contracts Portal.

Timing

  1. Published

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Description

The City invites Bidders to complete and submit a request to participate in the Procurement for the provision of Media Buying Services for the Guildhall School. Guildhall School is where passion meets purpose. We deliver world-class professional training in music, drama, production and design across our iconic, state-of-the-art facilities in the heart of the City of London. The School is seeking an experienced supplier to provide strategic digital media planning and buying services to support the recruitment of students, programme participants and audiences across the full range of the School’s activities. The successful supplier will be responsible for developing and delivering effective paid media strategies, ensuring that the School’s media budget is used in the most creative, efficient and impactful way possible. This will include strategic planning, media buying, campaign optimisation, performance monitoring and reporting. Suppliers with a strong track record in digital media planning and buying, particularly within the higher education sector, are invited to participate in the Invitation to Participate (ITP) stage of this procurement process. This tendering exercise is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system ‘City of London Corporation Sourcing & Contracts Portal’ (https://cityoflondon.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/) Suppliers will need to register an interest on the system in order to participate and registration is free. The estimated contract value given at sections 31 and 32 is for the full duration of the contract including the maximum possible extensions. The estimated annual contract value is therefore £225,000 exc. VAT)

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Market

Business services in United Kingdom

median award in this market
€56,015
More figures

What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 2,000 awards for Business services in United Kingdom.

This notice
€1.0M
Median award
€56,015
Middle half of past awards
€7,865 to €175,730

The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

Market context

Larger than 76% of the open notices in Business services across Europe.

open now in Business services
4,443
median open notice
€199,400

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Business services

different companies won awards here
969
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
7%
buyers awarded contracts here
463

Based on 2,276 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

The buyer in figures

The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London

notices in the register
121
awards
91
awarded in total
€4.6M

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
86
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
7%
of its calls state an estimated value
93%

Based on 91 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London

United Kingdom

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Business services - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
Venesky Brown Ltd 85 €17.7M Oct 2026
Promar International Ltd 48 €277,984 Sep 2026
Harvey Nash Limited 34 €6.3M Oct 2026
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd 28 €5.5M Oct 2026
Lorien Resourcing Ltd 27 €7.0M Aug 2026

Based on 2276 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

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