01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- Sheffield Hallam University
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Category
- services
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — Not supplied
Description
The University requires a media planning and buying agency to assist in achieving its strategic marketing and student recruitment objectives, which include: ● delivering student recruitment success and engagement across the prospective student journey in line with academic and financial targets Home and International ● raising the profile and enhancing the reputation of the University through institutional positioning and research impact ● promoting the University brand and Sheffield city to achieve stand out and cut through in our competitive marketplace ● generating business leads through business engagement activity to support apprenticeship, placement, KTP and other institutional objectives ● Measuring and optimising all activity using data and insights to ensure our activities are relevant and impactful The agency will proactively support and work in partnership with the University's Marketing Directorate. In scope are all media planning and buying activities across Prospective Student Recruitment marketing and all brand level marketing as well as lead generation business to business marketing, paid search activity and social media campaigns across all audiences.
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02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
Media Planning and Buying for Reputation, Business Engagement and Student Recruitment Marketing
- Awarded
- 5 January 2026
- Award value
- £10,416,667
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 20 February 2026
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
Sheffield Hallam University
City Campus, Sheffield, UKE32, S1 1WB, United Kingdom
GB-UKPRN 10005790ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE MEDIA LIMITED
Third Floor, Frederick House, Brighton, UKJ21, BN1 4EA, United Kingdom
Companies House 10910014 →EDUCATION CUBED LTD
New England House New England Street, Brighton, UKJ21, BN1 4GH, United Kingdom
Companies House 08045459 →HAVAS PEOPLE LIMITED
Havas House Hermitage Court, Maidstone, UKJ46, ME16 9NT, United Kingdom
Companies House 02793794 →HUNTERLODGE GROUP LIMITED
171 High Street, Rickmansworth, UKH23, WD3 1AY, United Kingdom
Companies House 07534447 →HYBRID NEWS LIMITED
46-48 Queen Charlotte Street, Bristol, UKK11, BS1 4HX, United Kingdom
Companies House 06993551 →Companies House links appear only for explicit GB-COH identifiers. BritDB does not create company links from a similar name or address.
04 Provenance
Source for this process
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