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SE1208 - PR and Communications Agency

Sport England

Awarded
services
SME-friendly

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Key details

Contracting authority
Sport England
public body
Region
Loughborough
Contract value
£4,000,000ex VAT
Submissions closed
5 December 2025
Published
20 March 2026

Procurement

Contract period
6 March 2026 - 31 March 2028
2 years
Procedure type
Call-off from a framework agreement
CPV classifications
  • 79413000 Marketing management consultancy services

What happened

Sport England awarded this contract to 23Red worth £400,000 on 6 Mar 2026. The contract runs until 31 Mar 2028.

Description

Sport England is tendering for a PR and communications agency to support our behaviour change campaigns, specifically This Girl Can, our campaign to help women get active and get moving.

Sport England is seeking through this tendering process to award a contract to provide these (Services) for an initial term of 24 months and a unilateral option of Sport England to extend for further periods up to a maximum of 12 months.

The successful supplier will be able to drive positive media coverage that supports Sport England's integrated behaviour change campaigns and communications, specifically This Girl Can. This includes identifying opportunities to generate media coverage, creating materials, briefing and events and securing media interest with key journalists, publications and programmes.

There will be a mix of day-to-day press office support as well as larger campaign spikes (anticipated up to three a year) and the supplier will be expected to work flexibly throughout the contract to deliver maximum value.

The supplier should be able to work across all channels and media to create campaigns that don't rely on paid media or celebrities to reach their audiences and deliver results; although we may also ask you to work with or manage a team of influencers, talent, experts or celebrities to support the campaign

Awarded supplier

Award value
£400,000
Award date
6 March 2026

Contact

Address
SportPark 3 Oakwood Drive, Loughborough, LE11 3QF

Identifiers

Buyer reference
tender_524479/1561622
Notice ID
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OCID
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