AwardedAwarded 1 October 2026

Marketing Services

The Crown Estate · Central government

In brief

The Crown Estate awarded marketing and consultancy work to VCCP Group LLP, Stepladder Communications Ltd and J2 Limited and 9 others on 1 October 2026.

The notice gives a value of £8,093,335 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 4 years, starting 4 October 2026.

It is split into 4 lots, so a supplier can bid for part of the work.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

What the notice says

To appoint various marketing agencies to provide a B2B marketing solution to the The Crown Estate's Workplace, Retail and Food & Beverage portfolio. Services will support brand building, leasing and pre letting objectives, placemaking and regeneration programmes, and long-term customer engagement across multiple audiences and channels. Lot 1: Digital: Social media, digital strategy, SEO, PPC, digital ads Lot 2: Brand Positioning & Profiling: Marcomms activity to generate demand and achieve leasing targets through established channels, thought leadership initiatives, and brand storytelling. Strategic activity will be employed to support commercial objectives Lot 3: Creative & Strategic: To…Read the full description
To appoint various marketing agencies to provide a B2B marketing solution to the The Crown Estate's Workplace, Retail and Food & Beverage portfolio. Services will support brand building, leasing and pre letting objectives, placemaking and regeneration programmes, and long-term customer engagement across multiple audiences and channels. Lot 1: Digital: Social media, digital strategy, SEO, PPC, digital ads Lot 2: Brand Positioning & Profiling: Marcomms activity to generate demand and achieve leasing targets through established channels, thought leadership initiatives, and brand storytelling. Strategic activity will be employed to support commercial objectives Lot 3: Creative & Strategic: To cover all B2B marketing creative and brand strategy across Urban. Agencies will support campaigns for 1 million square feet of development in the West End and c.230 London lettings per year. They will also deliver marketing for regional development projects focused on science, innovation, and ongoing leasing activities. Proposed tactics include video production, photography, graphic design, brochures, newsletter creation, hoarding design, content for websites, pitch decks, both large and small format printing, and comprehensive leasing campaigns-from brand creation and creating collateral to planning and executing asset launches agencies will help drive demand, supporting commercial objectives Lot 4: Digital Design: Immersive, CGI and Digital Experience. CGI and VR suppliers to develop visual narratives to deliver pre-lets

Lots

LotTradeValue
Digital
4 October 2026 to 3 October 2030
What this lot covers

Social media, digital strategy, SEO, PPC, digital ads

Management consultancy, Marketing and communications£480,000
Brand Positioning & Profiling
4 October 2026 to 3 October 2030
What this lot covers

Marcomms activity to generate demand and achieve leasing targets through established channels, thought leadership initiatives, and brand storytelling. Strategic activity will be employed to support commercial objectives

Management consultancy, Marketing and communications£280,000
Creative & Strategic
4 October 2026 to 3 October 2030
What this lot covers

To cover all B2B marketing creative and brand strategy across Urban. Agencies will support campaigns for 1 million square feet of development in the West End and c.230 London lettings per year. They will also deliver marketing for regional development projects focused on science, innovation, and ongoing leasing activities. Proposed tactics include video production, photography, graphic design, brochures, newsletter creation, hoarding design, content for websites, pitch decks, both large and small format printing, and comprehensive leasing campaigns-from brand creation and creating collateral to planning and executing asset launches agencies will help drive demand, supporting commercial objectives

Management consultancy, Marketing and communications£6,000,000
Digital Design: Immersive, CGI and Digital Experience
4 October 2026 to 3 October 2030
What this lot covers

CGI and VR suppliers to develop visual narratives to deliver pre-lets

Management consultancy, Marketing and communications£1,333,335

Who won

WinnerLotValueDates
VCCP Group LLP
Stepladder Communications Ltd (SME)
J2 Limited (SME)
Smart Soho Ltd (SME)
Bandstand UK Limited (SME)
K4 Creative Limited (SME)
Dnco Limited (SME)
The Sutton Young Design Partnership Limited (SME)
Workplace Futures Group Limited
Uniform Communications Limited (SME)
27 bids received
Creative & Strategic£6,000,000
Awarded 1 October 2026
Stepladder Communications Ltd (SME)
8 bids received
Digital£480,000
Awarded 1 October 2026
Aver Communication Limited (SME)
7 bids received
Brand Positioning & Profiling£280,000
Awarded 1 October 2026
Cityscape Digital (Holdings) Limited (SME)
Workplace Futures Group Limited
Uniform Communications Limited (SME)
5 bids received
Digital Design: Immersive, CGI and Digital Experience£1,333,335
Awarded 1 October 2026

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 040549-2026
  2. Tender notice · UK4, notice 040555-2026
  3. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 095857-2026

Last time this was bought

Marketing Services

Awarded
6 November 2025
Value
£200,000
Contract ends
6 November 2026

Matched on The Crown Estate, the type of work and the title. Check the notice to be sure.

About the buyer

The Crown EstateLast 12 months

Procurements

58

Awards

25

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From notice 040549-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 1 May 2026, last updated 9 October 2026. We last checked for changes on 9 October 2026.