Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what total cost to the public purse, inclusive of VAT, was incurred by his Department between May 2018 and May 2022 for media buying services provided under the Crown Commercial Service's media buying framework agreement reference RM6003.
The Media Buying framework agreement (RM6003) started 7 November 2018 and ended 21 May 2022 and has now expired.
The framework agreement was awarded to OMD Group Ltd (OmniGov) following a competitive tendering process in 2018. Customers used this framework agreement by putting in place a call-off.
Core Defra spend for media buying services provided under the Crown Commercial Service’s medial buying framework agreement reference RM6003 are tabularised below:
Year | Core Defra Spend |
2018-19 | £239,688.50 |
2019-20 | £440,893.90 |
2020-21 | £1,139,394.00 |
2021-22 | £1,062,949.00 |
Total | £2,882,925.40 |