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Opportunity overview
Northampton College is seeking to appoint an experienced media planning and buying agency to support the planning, booking, optimisation and evaluation of paid media campaigns. The appointed agency will work closely with the College's Marketing and Communications team to deliver insight-led, cost-effective campaigns that reach key audiences and support student recruitment, adult learning, higher education, summer recruitment, open events and employer engagement activity.
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Login to https://suppliers.multiquote.com and view the opportunity CA18543.
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PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
Northampton College is seeking an experienced media planning and buying agency to plan, book, optimise and evaluate paid-media campaigns supporting student recruitment, adult learning, higher education, summer recruitment, open events and employer engagement. The opportunity is open, with bids submitted through MultiQuote.
Who this may suit
Suitable for media planning and buying agencies with paid-media campaign strategy, booking, optimisation, reporting and education-sector recruitment marketing capability. The notice flags the opportunity as suitable for SMEs.
Key points identified
Agency experienceExperienced media planning and buying agencyEvidence: “Northampton College is seeking to appoint an experienced media planning and buying agency”.
Core servicesPlanning, booking, optimisation and evaluation of paid-media campaignsEvidence: The agency is to “support the planning, booking, optimisation and evaluation of paid media campaigns”.
CollaborationWork closely with the College Marketing and Communications teamEvidence: “The appointed agency will work closely with the College's Marketing and Communications team”.
96% approved-analysis confidence8 supplier criteria identified3 risks or unknowns
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Northampton College is seeking an experienced media planning and buying agency to plan, book, optimise and evaluate paid-media campaigns supporting student recruitment, adult learning, higher education, summer recruitment, open events and employer engagement. The opportunity is open, with bids submitted through MultiQuote.
Who this may suit
Suitable for media planning and buying agencies with paid-media campaign strategy, booking, optimisation, reporting and education-sector recruitment marketing capability. The notice flags the opportunity as suitable for SMEs.
Key deliverables
Paid-media campaign planning
Media booking and buying
Campaign optimisation
Campaign evaluation and insight-led reporting
Support for recruitment, events and employer-engagement campaigns
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
8 criteria identified
Agency experience
99% confidence
Experienced media planning and buying agency
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“Northampton College is seeking to appoint an experienced media planning and buying agency”.
Core services
99% confidence
Planning, booking, optimisation and evaluation of paid-media campaigns
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The agency is to “support the planning, booking, optimisation and evaluation of paid media campaigns”.
Collaboration
99% confidence
Work closely with the College Marketing and Communications team
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“The appointed agency will work closely with the College's Marketing and Communications team”.
Buyer location source record lists Northampton, NN3 3RF, England.
Delivery location
98% confidence
Unclear; supplied records include NN3 3RF and United Kingdom, alongside Europe, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, British Overseas Territories and Rest of the World
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The supplied delivery-location records list these multiple geographies.
Access the competition through the MultiQuote supplier portal using reference CA18543
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“Login to https://suppliers.multiquote.com and view the opportunity CA18543.”
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Delivery geography ambiguity
99% confidence
The published delivery-location data is unusually broad and internally unclear, ranging from Northampton/UK to Europe, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, British Overseas Territories and Rest of the World. Suppliers should confirm the intended delivery footprint and any travel or jurisdictional requirements through the portal.
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Supplied delivery-location records contain all of these geographies, including NN3 3RF and United Kingdom.
Requirements detail
97% confidence
The notice provides a high-level scope only; detailed campaign volumes, media channels, performance measures, evaluation methodology and pricing requirements are unknown from the supplied evidence.
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The supplied description names planning, booking, optimisation and evaluation but provides no detailed specification or pricing schedule.
Portal dependency
96% confidence
Competition access depends on the MultiQuote portal; suppliers not already registered must register before accessing the opportunity.
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The notice directs unregistered suppliers to register at suppliers.multiquote.com.
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