PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Student Recruitment Marketing Services

ASTON UNIVERSITY · published 12 Jan 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 ID7649ad7e-0ada-4c56-9942-9c5dabea928f-878761
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-1c91e9a2-936d-4b02-9e05-0ee9ff4760ff
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/wrP44fnV
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

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

Award value
£2,500,000
award field
Tender value
£2,500,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
79341000
Advertising services
Delivery
Not stated
B4 7ET
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Services include, but are not limited to: - Media planning and buying across managed digital platforms (including PPC and paid social), education channels and above-the-line media - Campaign reporting and optimisation - Sector insight and expertise Awarded following a further competition via the ESPO Advertising Solutions framework (Lot 4 - Student Marketing). Options to extend for a further 3 years to 31/12/2030.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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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.

  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release12 Jan 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published29 Sept 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published1 Jan 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Dec 2027
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 12 Jan 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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