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Media Planning and Buying for Reputation, Business Engagement and Student Recruitment Marketing

Sheffield Hallam University

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Key details

Contracting authority
Sheffield Hallam University
Public authority - sub-central government
Region
Sheffield
Delivery: UKE32, United Kingdom
Contract value
£10,416,667ex VAT
£12,500,000 inc VAT
Submissions closed
31 August 2025
Published
22 May 2025

Procurement

Contract period
1 April 2026 - 31 March 2029
3 years
Possible extension to 1 April 2031 · 5 years in total
Procedure type
Open procedure
CPV classifications
  • 79340000 Advertising and marketing services

What happened

Sheffield Hallam University awarded this contract to HAVAS PEOPLE LIMITED worth £10,416,667 on 5 Jan 2026. The contract runs until 31 Mar 2029.

Description

The University requires a media planning and buying agency to assist in achieving its strategic marketing and student recruitment objectives, which include:

● delivering student recruitment success and engagement across the prospective student journey in line with academic and financial targets Home and International

● raising the profile and enhancing the reputation of the University through institutional positioning and research impact

● promoting the University brand and Sheffield city to achieve stand out and cut through in our competitive marketplace

● generating business leads through business engagement activity to support apprenticeship, placement, KTP and other institutional objectives

● Measuring and optimising all activity using data and insights to ensure our activities are relevant and impactful

The agency will proactively support and work in partnership with the University's Marketing Directorate. In scope are all media planning and buying activities across Prospective Student Recruitment marketing and all brand level marketing as well as lead generation business to business marketing, paid search activity and social media campaigns across all audiences.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
HAVAS PEOPLE LIMITED
Award value
£10,416,667
Award date
5 January 2026

Contact

Address
City Campus, Sheffield, S1 1WB

Identifiers

Buyer reference
2425-02-RCM-LJ
Notice ID
025017-2025
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051e4f
PPON
PVMW-4512-JZYY

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