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Media Monitoring and Media Database

Defra Group

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Key details

Contracting authority
Region
London
Contract value
£300,000ex VAT
Submissions closed
14 April 2025
Published
11 June 2025

Procurement

Contract period
28 May 2025 - 27 May 2029
4 years
Procedure type
Call-off from a framework agreement
CPV classifications
  • 79340000 Advertising and marketing services
  • 79342000 Marketing services

What happened

Defra Group awarded this contract to Cision worth £300,000 on 27 May 2025. The contract runs until 27 May 2029.

Description

Defra Group Communications conducted a competitive tender under the CCS RM6126 Framework to source a supplier to provide a 24/7 proactive and reactive media services to 6 organisations: Core Defra, Environment Agency (EA), Natural England (NE), Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Forestry Commission (FC) and Rural Payment Agency (RPA). The communications team must stay informed about how these organisations are being reported in the media, identify emerging or breaking news stories, and monitor potential reputational risks. This information is essential for key stakeholder, including the Secretary of State, Defra Ministers, Special Advisers, CEOs and Chairs of each ALB, Area Directors, operational leads, senior policy officials and No.

10. To support this, a daily morning media summary, seven days a week, is a critical requirement.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Cision
Award value
£300,000
Award date
27 May 2025

Contact

Address
Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF
Contact name
Defra Group Commercial

Identifiers

Buyer reference
CF-0498600D8d000003VQwdEAG
Notice ID
65ed9ada-0709-4207-8bc1-868511edbef1-849242
OCID
ocds-b5fd17-4c28d19b-c9a6-487a-ac6c-9c3f32d3665c

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