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Cabinet Office Media Planning and Buying

Published
Published 19 May 2026

Overview

The procurement is for a new call-off contract to provide media planning and buying services for the Cabinet Office and the central Government Communications Service (GCS). These services fall specifically under Lot 1 (Media Strategy, Planning, and Buying) of the replacement RM6364: Media and Creative Services framework. The services will enable the delivery of critical government communications and advertising campaigns. This includes supporting domestic cross-government campaigns, rapid crisis or unforeseen communications, digital-first campaigns via the New Media Unit (NMU), and international programs led by the GREAT campaign and GCS International (GCSI). The contract will have an initial term of four (4) years, running until June 14, 2030, with no option to extend. The supplier will provide these services on a standby, call-off basis. Specific project and campaign requests will be managed using detailed Statements of Work, which will outline pertinent deliverables, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Every Statement of Work must be jointly approved by the dedicated Contract Manager and Cabinet Office Commercial.

Key details

Country
United Kingdom
Status
In delivery
Procedure
Selective
Published
19 May 2026

Award outcome

Awarded value
£350,000,000
Award date
24 March 2026
Contract period
13 June 2026 → 14 June 2030
Winner
  • Wavemaker Ltd

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Notice history

Every published notice in this contracting process, newest first.

  1. Contract

    19 May 2026

    View notice ↗
  2. Contract

    19 May 2026

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Contracting authority

  • Cabinet Office

    Buyer

    London, United Kingdom

    GB-PPON: PRVX-1591-PJVV

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