Awarded contract

Media communications and PR services

Details

Buyer: Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Supplier(s): PRECISE MEDIA MONITORING LTD
Duration: 3 years
Topic: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Published: 22 July 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

A media communications management service to help streamline media marketing workflows and improve media penetration. Functionality allows real-time data entry. Includes contacts database, media and stakeholder enquiry management, online newsroom, press management and distribution, coverage and analysis/reporting. Cloud based solution. Contracted by Greater Manchester Combined Authority for Greater Manchester Police. ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published22 July 2025
Current notice
Completed: Award date22 July 2025
Next: Contract expiry date30 April 2028in 2 years

About the buyer

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority is a local government body that advertises its opportunities, receives bids and manages its procurement on the Pro-Contract e-tendering portal. Tenders across Greater Manchester are managed through The Chest. Notices for new opportunities and awarded contracts also appear on the Central Digital Platform under the Procurement Act 2023. Education, work and skills activity is commissioned through the authority's own Flexible Procurement System. Councils across Greater Manchester use the same system to commission apprenticeships. The Greater Manchester Social Value Policy covers job creation, upskilling of the workforce and net zero carbon.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority's contract awards have been in IT services, business services and research and development.

Relevant CPV codes

72000000 · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@greater-manchester-combined-authority.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@greater-manchester-combined-authority.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@greater-manchester-combined-authority.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@greater-manchester-combined-authority.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@greater-manchester-combined-authority.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@greater-manchester-combined-authority.gov