PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Bright Network Graduate Campaign 2026/2027

How to read contract values: notice stages, dates and worked examples

National Audit Office · published 4 Nov 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID256eee22-4016-4149-9069-8424ef9797f4-920538
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-22c0acd5-728f-437c-aa1b-a42c6d4f49a1
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sBN45ywB
Release typeawardUpdate
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£24,000
award field
Tender value
£24,000
tender field
Procurement method
Competitive quotation (below threshold)
Category
services
CPV
79600000
Recruitment services
Delivery
United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

National Audit Office (NAO) awarded a contract to the supplier to provide targeted advertising and social media activity through Bright Network to support the promotion of the National Audit Office's Graduate ACA Training Scheme. The package includes 4x4 on-site advertising across Bright Network's platform and bespoke social media activity through Bright Network's Instagram channel. The activity provides the NAO with access to Bright Network's network of over 1.5 million members, helping to raise awareness of the graduate scheme amongst students and graduates and support attraction of candidates to the programme. The requirement is specifically for services delivered through Bright Network's proprietary platform, audience network and associated social media channels. As these channels and the associated audience are specific to Bright Network, an alternative supplier would not be able to meet this requirement. The contract will run for 1 year from Wednesday 1st July 2026 to Wednesday 30th June 2027 and the value is for £24,000.00 inclusive of VAT for the duration of the 12 months.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

Source-date conflictAt least one reported end date precedes its corresponding start date. Check the official notice before using the schedule.
  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release4 Nov 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published30 Jun 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published1 May 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published30 Jun 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published30 Jun 2027
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 4 Nov 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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