PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

T1087 CER Advertising and Marketing

UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX · published 14 Apr 2025. 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 IDef9f9c84-571d-4753-a578-55a4bca92807-840314
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-7199d5e9-5e31-4385-a38b-9f8ed84c6d72
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/7FXWaRZ8
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
£10,000,000
award field
Tender value
£10,000,001
tender field
Procurement method
Restricted procedure (above threshold)
Category
services
CPV
79341000
Advertising services
Delivery
United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The University of Essex runs numerous advertising campaigns each year to attract students to study with us. These are run through the Marketing and Student Recruitment office who are responsible for the University's student recruitment marketing. Focus of this marketing is across UK and international priority markets, for attracting undergraduate, postgraduate taught and postgraduate research students. We are seeking a sole provider to run these campaigns and work collaboratively with the department to maximise the benefits from them.

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.

  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release14 Apr 2025
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published9 Oct 2024
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published28 Mar 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published27 Mar 2028
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.

Published name only

SMRS Ltd

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 14 Apr 2025 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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