FTS UK public procurement

2026-821 Social for Campaign Media Buying

AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT BOARD

CompleteOCDS ID ocds-h6vhtk-06dfaf
Tender value£5,000,0001 awards · 0 contracts

01 Procurement

Tender overview

Updated 21 October 2026
Buyer
AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Status
Complete
Procurement method
Open procedure
Category
services
CPV classification
Not supplied
Tender period
Not supplied — 16 September 2026

Description

Awarded - AHDB is seeking an experienced social media planning and buying agency to develop, deliver, implement and optimise paid social campaigns across its Beef & Lamb, Pork and Dairy sectors. Campaign activity will support and integrate with AHDB's broader always on marketing programme, ensuring a coordinated and impactful approach across campaign bursts and key periods. They will work alongside the current social media agency who develop the creative content for campaigns and manage paid advertising outside of campaign bursts. The successful agency will act as a partner to AHDB, working collaboratively to maximise the campaign performance, audience engagement and return on investment. The agency will bring proven expertise in delivering high-performing consumer food and drink campaigns, leveraging audience insight, data-driven planning and platform-specialist knowledge to achieve both awareness, reach and behavioural change objectives, while delivering measurable business outcomes. The successful agency should demonstrate: • Strong experience planning and buying large-scale paid social campaigns. • Experience within food or drink • Strong understanding of health-conscious and family audiences. • Expertise across Meta, TikTok, Pinterest and future social platforms. • A proven track record of delivering measurable improvements in campaign performance and return on investment • Excellent analytical capability, reporting and insight generation.

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02 Awards and contracts

Published award records

1 shown
Pending

2026-821 Social for Campaign Media Buying

Awarded
19 October 2026
Award value
£5,000,000
Suppliers
1
Signed contract
Not supplied

03 Organisations

Buyers, suppliers and other parties

2 parties
Buyer

AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT BOARD

Middlemarch Business Park, Coventry, UKG13, CV3 4SU, United Kingdom

GB-PPON PBHX-8363-MBBV
Supplier, Tenderer

Lux Illuminating Brands

27 Maritime Street, Edinburgh, UKM75, EH6 6SE, United Kingdom

GB-PPON PXZX-6315-XVZD

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04 Provenance

Source for this process

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