Advertising and Digital Communications Services Scheme

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Date: 1 May 2014 - 30 Apr 2028
Updated: 2 Apr 2025
Managed: Customer Service Contact owner
Type: Whole of government
Scheme Number: SCM2701
The scheme lists prequalified advertising and digital communications service providers.

What's covered

This scheme offers a range of services across 11 capabilities:

  • market research
  • strategy
  • marketing and campaign services
  • public relations
  • social media
  • Indigenous communications and engagement
  • CALD communications and engagement
  • visual communications
  • written communications
  • digital communications
  • production.

Media planning and media buying services are excluded from this scheme. For more information on these services, go to NSW Government advertising.

Why use the scheme

The scheme:

  • makes it easier for NSW Government departments and agencies to source approved suppliers for a range of marketing communications services
  • gives marketing service providers with relevant and proven expertise the opportunity to deliver work for NSW Government
  • helps aggregate government spending to ensure value for money.

Who to contact

For information or advice, you can contact the scheme owner, the Department of Customer Services, by emailing advertising@customerservice.nsw.gov.au

Approved suppliers

The list of prequalified marketing service providers is made up of small, medium and large businesses across all 11 capabilities.

If you have a buy.nsw Supplier Hub account and are logged in, you will be able to access the list of suppliers . If you do not have an account, it is quick and easy to register. You can create your account via the Supplier Hub .

How to buy

Additional to any guidelines specific to your department, the following procurement rules apply when using a service provider on the scheme:

  • if the contract value is up to $150,000, you'll need 1 quote
  • if the contract value is more than $150,000, you'll need 3 quotes.

Please reach out to the campaign performance team on advertising@customerservice.nsw.gov.au for the supplier's scheme rate card.

We recommend using a standard form of agreement to formalise your agreement with a scheme service provider.

If you contact a supplier on the scheme, please fill out this form upon engagement or contracting their services.

The scheme owners are reviewing SCM2701.

Applications (new and/or resubmissions) can't be accepted until the review is complete.

Download scheme rules

Please refer to the scheme conditions DOCX, 114.36 KB for further information on the scheme rules and requirements.