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EMMS Marketing

Lincolnshire County Council · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 22:26.

Opportunity overview

East Midlands Made Smarter requires a Marketing Support Provider who will be responsible for ensuring sufficient Expressions of Interest (EOIs) are received through the Made Smarter website or through Made Smarter East Midlands Events to achieve the Initial Engagement Discussion (IED) programme target and for Marketing the full range of support to Made Smarter East Midlands beneficiaries, both past and present. The Beneficiaries of the Made Smarter Adoption East Midlands Programme will be SME Manufacturers, having headcounts between 1 and 249, and may be located in Greater Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

THE ARK MARKETING & MEDIA LTD

Matched by exact name
Contract value
£194.1k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
1 Jun 2026
Including VAT
£232.9k
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-PPON PXZC-1974-XGVG
Location
Leeds, UKE42, LS28 9BB, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
PL25.139
Status
complete
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Lincolnshire County Council
Id
GB-PPON-PGRB-3736-CHZN

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PGRB-3736-CHZN

Address

Street Address
County Offices, Newland
Locality
Lincoln
Postal Code
LN1 1YL
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKF30

Contact

Name
Chloe Graham

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
THE ARK MARKETING & MEDIA LTD
Id
GB-PPON-PXZC-1974-XGVG

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PXZC-1974-XGVG

Address

Street Address
Unit 4, Pudsey Business Centre 47 Kent Road Pudsey
Locality
Leeds
Postal Code
LS28 9BB
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKE42

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
79400000
Description
Business and management consultancy and related services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
79340000
Description
Advertising and marketing services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PXZC-1974-XGVG
Name
THE ARK MARKETING & MEDIA LTD

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Title
EMMS Marketing
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
1 Jun 2026, 01:00

Period

Starts
1 Jun 2026, 01:00
Ends
31 Mar 2027, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Mar 2029, 23:59

Renewal

Description
Option to extend for 2 further periods of 1 year, up to a maximum of 2 years in total

Value

Including VAT
232,920
Amount
194,100
Currency
GBP

Agreed Metrics

Entry 1
Id
1
Title
Number of Initial Engagement Discussions (IEDs)
Description
Programme Target: Minimum 220 before 31st December 2026. Targets for subsequent years will be mutually agreed in the event of contract extension.
Entry 2
Id
2
Title
Made Smart East Midlands Events
Description
Deliver six (6) Made Smarter East Midlands Events with attendance > 50 people including presenters.
Entry 3
Id
3
Title
Case Studies
Description
Deliver four (4) video Case Studies and four (4) Written Case Studies, eight (8) in total.
Entry 4
Id
4
Title
Monthly Newsletters
Description
Create and publish twelve (12) Monthly Newsletters to past and present Beneficiaries.

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
055619-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
12 Jun 2026, 11:49
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Lincoln · UKF30 · LN1 1YL · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS
  1. 026902-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 045710-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 055619-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·