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2026-821 Social for Campaign Media Buying

AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT BOARD · Tender notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 26 Sept 2026, 05:27.

Opportunity overview

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. This opportunity closes at NOON on the 16th September 2026. Please use link https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome to access this opportunity. Initial contract start date is 1st April 2027 Budget is approx.. £6 million over 5 years (VAT inclusive), roughly £1.2 million per annum, but this will vary on requirements by AHDB. Initial contract is for 2 years with 1+1+1 options to extend.

Classification

  • CPV79340000 — Advertising and marketing services

Lots

  • Lot 1£5m

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
2026-821
Status
active
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Covered By

GPA

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Languages

en

Tender Period

Ends
16 Sept 2026, 12:00

Enquiry period

Ends
9 Sept 2026, 12:00

Expected award period

Ends
9 Nov 2026, 23:59

Contract terms

Financial Terms
30 days from receipt of invoice

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes

Value

Including VAT
6,000,000
Amount
5,000,000
Currency
GBP

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
cost
Name
Pricing/Cost
Description
20%

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
20
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 2
Type
quality
Name
Technical
Description
70% Technical

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
70
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 3
Type
quality
Name
Social Value
Description
Social Value 10%

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
10
Weight
percentageExact

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
economic
Description
As per tender documents
Criterion 2
Type
technical
Description
As per tender documents

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Contract period

Starts
1 Apr 2027, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Mar 2032, 23:59

Renewal

Description
1+1+1

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
79340000
Description
Advertising and marketing services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Entry 2
Id
075543-2026
Document Type
tenderNotice
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Published
10 Aug 2026, 09:28
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Id
GB-PPON-PBHX-8363-MBBV

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PBHX-8363-MBBV

Address

Street Address
Middlemarch Business Park
Locality
Coventry
Postal Code
CV3 4SU
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKG13

Contact

Name
Sarah Waters

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Coventry · UKG13 · CV3 4SU · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 075543-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·