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Published 17 Jan 2024, 15:58 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

23/038 - Media Buying and Marketing Services

Official notice

Authority: University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£2,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 19 Feb 2024awarded 4 Jul 2024
Awarded to Education Cubed Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University of Portsmouth ('University') is inviting tenders from suitably qualified suppliers to provide marketing and media buying services to develop and implement marketing campaigns. The University's target date for award of contract is 18th March 2024 with service commencement following as soon as possible following the signing of contracts. The initial contract term will be for 2 years with possibility of extending the term by a further 2 years in increments to be agreed, subject to the agreement and performance of both parties. The form of contract used will be the University's standard terms for the supply of services.Full details of the requirements are in the tender pack.

CPV: Advertising and marketing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal
Delivery: South East · University of Portsmouth
Extensions: An initial contract term of 2 years with additional 2 years subject to agreement, up to a total contract term of 4 years in total.Variant bids: allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 75%Price: 25%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 75%
  • Price: 25%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
17 Jan 2024, 15:58 GMT
Last source update
4 Jul 2024, 11:27 BST
Award evaluation window
19 Feb 2024 – …
Authority reference
23/TB/038
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-020409
Classification (CPV)
Advertising and marketing services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ31)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042dfa Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
19 Feb 2024, 14:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Bids opened
19 Feb 2024, 14:00 GMT

Timeline

19 Feb 2024 → 4 Jul 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    19 Feb 2024, 14:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    19 Feb 2024, 14:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    4 Jul 2024, 11:27 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    4 Jul 2024, 11:27 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £2,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 101 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 4 Jul 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Education Cubed LtdSME£2,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
10bids · 10 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Portsmouth

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Winston Churchill Avenue, Portsmouth, South East, PO1 2UPContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • University PortsmouthReview body PortsmouthContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria