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Marketing Services - (2022-2026)

Scottish Government

Estimated Value

Up to £14,875,000

Deadline

Not specified

Published

30 July 2026

Type

services

ScotlandGBCPV: 79340000
CategoryBusiness & professional

Overview

It is envisaged that Lot 1 will have six suppliers appointed. Creative Services will include the development, creation and delivery of effective and measurable marketing communications programmes and advertising campaigns as well as elements of wider activities, based on a Framework Public Body's brief, and potentially delivered in partnership with the relevant marketing agencies. Lot 1 will be for call off contracts above 50,000 GBP.

Eligibility & compliance

The suppliers must have the capability and experience in managing and providing strategic creative development and delivery across the disciplines of this category, where relevant to support behaviour change, including the delivery of advertising activity, content creation, engaging field activity, impactful, targeted and measurable communications.

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Award Details

Arteus Ltd

£4,250,000

Metro Production Group

£4,250,000

FREAKWORKS

£4,250,000

Speakeasy Productions

£4,250,000

Marble LDN

£4,250,000

Northstar Media Limited

£4,250,000

YNG Media Group Ltd operating as Speakeasy Productions

£4,250,000

Jump Research

£5,312,500

Progressive Partnership

£5,312,500

Scott Porter Research and Marketing Ltd

£5,312,500

Ipsos MORI

£5,312,500

BMG Research

£5,312,500

Trinity McQueen

£5,312,500

Smarts

£5,312,500

Stripe Communications

£5,312,500

John Doe Group

£5,312,500

3x1 Group

£5,312,500

Muckle Media

£5,312,500

3x1 Public Relations

£5,312,500

Dentsu Creative, a trading division of Dentsu UK Ltd

£10,625,000

The Union Advertising Agency Ltd.

£10,625,000

Bright Digital Marketing Ltd (T/A Bright Signals)

£10,625,000

Cello Signal Ltd (t/a 'Leith')

£10,625,000

The Gate Worldwide

£10,625,000

The Union Advertising Agency Ltd

£10,625,000

Union Direct

£2,125,000

The Lane Agency

£2,125,000

Drummond Central

£2,125,000

Cello Signal Ltd (T/A Leith Agency)

£14,875,000

Stand

£14,875,000

Story

£14,875,000

Likely incumbents

Suppliers who won similar work from this buyer in the last 5 years.

1 found
  1. 1

    Twenty Three Media Ltd

    1 contract wonlatest 20 Mar 2025

    £250,000

    total awarded

Twenty Three Media Ltd is the most likely incumbent based on recency and category match. To win, bidders typically need a clearly differentiated proposition or a price advantage.

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Scottish Government
Typepublic body
Total tenders197
Total spend£2,320,397,901
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Published

30 July 2026

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