Awarded contract

Provision of Marketing Design Framework

Details

Buyer: Kingston upon Hull City Council
Supplier(s): 8 suppliers
Bluestorm Design And Marketing Ltd
Bread and butter creative
DIONY CREATIVE LTD
EON VISUAL MEDIA LIMITED
Eskimosoup
MERCURY ENERGY AND PUBLIC SECTOR SERVICES LTD
Whatever Design Ltd
Whistlejacket London Ltd
Value: £1,200,000
Duration: 3 years
Topic: Advertising and marketing services
Published: 20 January 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Hull City Council (The Authority) invited tenders from interested organisations for the Provision of a Marketing Design Framework. This tender followed an open procedure and consisted of a single-stage, closed framework process. The contracts are anticipated to run for a period of three years with the option of a further 1 year extension. The Authority has estimated the value of the Services to be £300,000 per annum. ## Contract award Title: Marketing Design Services for Theatres & Hall (Lot 1) Lots: - Lot LOT-0001: Lot 1 - A comprehensive Marketing and Design Service for the Leisure Services ## Contract award Title: Lot 2 - Higher Value Marketing Design support above £1,500 Lots: - Lot LOT-0002: Lot 2 - Higher Value Marketing and Design support above £1,500 ## Contract award Title: Lot 3 - Capacity Support For the internal team value below £1,500 Lots: - Lot LOT-0003: Lot 3 - Capacity Support For the internal team value below £1,500

Timeline

Completed: Award date17 November 2025
Completed: Award published20 January 2026
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date29 January 2029in 2 years

About the buyer

Kingston upon Hull City Council is the local authority for Hull, and its larger contracts are procured through a Corporate Procurement Team. Tenders above the quotation level are advertised on YORtender, the Yorkshire and Humber e-tendering portal, where registration is free. Higher-value notices go to Find a Tender through the Central Digital Platform, with Contracts Finder used for mid-value contracts. Council rules presume in favour of central purchasing arrangements and frameworks for regular repeat purchases. Procurement Category Managers publish pipeline notices of larger upcoming activity. Supplier support is delivered with YORprocure, YPO and the Government Commercial Agency.

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 Kingston upon Hull City Council's contract awards have been in construction work, architectural and engineering services and IT services.

Relevant CPV codes

79340000 · Advertising and marketing services
79342000 · Marketing services
79413000 · Marketing management consultancy services
79415200 · Design consultancy services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kingston-upon-hull-city-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kingston-upon-hull-city-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kingston-upon-hull-city-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kingston-upon-hull-city-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kingston-upon-hull-city-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kingston-upon-hull-city-council.gov