# Public tenders Canonical results: https://zephior.com/tenders?buyer=northampton-college 1 matching notices. Page 1. Filter semantics: OR within a filter, AND across filters and text search. Omitted statuses use active defaults; [] includes all statuses. --- title: "Media planning and buying services for Northampton College" canonical: "https://zephior.com/tenders/77bdc4f0-0b34-49f8-9d6e-271eea51e183/northampton-college-media-planning" last-updated: 2026-10-28T12:00:00+00:00 --- # Media planning and buying services for Northampton College Northampton College seeks an experienced media planning and buying agency to plan, book, optimise and evaluate paid campaigns with its Marketing and Communications team. The campaigns are intended to support student recruitment, adult learning, higher education, summer recruitment, open events and employer engagement. Contracts Finder lists a contract value of £250,000 and a three-year term from 30 November 2026 to 29 November 2029. The competition uses an open procedure, and the notice says it is suitable for SMEs. Interested suppliers must access reference CA18543 through MultiQuote. The notice does not state campaign budgets, media channels, service levels or the evaluation weighting. - Status: closing-soon - Country: GB - Buyer: Northampton College - Submission deadline: 2026-11-04T12:00:00+00:00 (instant) - Original notice: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d2301388-4ca6-48fc-805d-eb2e5793377e - Source checked: 2026-10-10T22:15:55.222834Z ## Source-backed public facts ```json { "id": "77bdc4f0-0b34-49f8-9d6e-271eea51e183", "revision": 3, "modifiedAt": "2026-10-28T12:00:00+00:00", "sourceCheckedAt": "2026-10-10T22:15:55.222834Z", "stale": false, "url": "https://zephior.com/tenders/77bdc4f0-0b34-49f8-9d6e-271eea51e183/northampton-college-media-planning", "locale": "en", "title": "Media planning and buying services for Northampton College", "summary": "Northampton College seeks an experienced media planning and buying agency to plan, book, optimise and evaluate paid campaigns with its Marketing and Communications team. 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