Official UK procurement notice
Admittance to a panel for supply of Brand & Marketing Services and/or PR Agency Services
Authority: YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis notice is seeking expressions of interest for establishment of a Framework Agreement for Brand & Marketing and PR Agency services for Yorkshire Water Services' (referenced 'YWS' herein) different businesses.
Services will be split into two lots as follows:
- Brand & Marketing
o Brand strategy
o Brand campaigns
o Media Buying
o Creation of brand collateral
o Branding design
- PR Agency
o Development of both on- and offline content plans
o Development of online assets
o Influencer marketing
o Development and management of any PR stunts, photo calls etc. to support media coverage
CPV: Advertising services · Marketing services · Public relations services
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · 1 with a published valueLot #1Brand and Marketing servicesAwardedRenewalPublished value£7,500,000
Support YWS in the delivery of associated Brand & Marketing activities including but not limited to:
- Active participation in bidding for opportunities to deliver services within the Framework Agreement, on a brief-by-brief basis
- Close interaction and collaboration with the YWS Marketing team for successful delivery of each initiative
- Brand Strategy: Working on key internal and external strategic business communications across a range of channels and audiences as defined by the YWS Marketing team
- Brand campaigns: Driving behavioural change and brand awareness from strategy creation through to delivery of on- and offline campaigns
- Media buying
- Demonstration of full mix of channel experience such as radio, TV, events, print, outdoor advertising, online advertising and direct marketing
- Creation of basic brand collateral in accordance with approved brand guidelines
- Branding design such as printed collateral (leaflets/letters/reports), presentations, signage, livery, infographics, copywriting and digital assets
The process:
Following the expression of interests to participate a pre-qualification questionnaire was shared with bidders upon receipt of the expression of interest. Bidders successful after PQQ round then were assessed over two ITT stages where both bidders capability and commercial offering was assessed. Bidders responded to case studies that evidence their depth and breadth of experience related to the future work among other qualitative questions. Bidders will be required to demonstrate an understanding of YWS requirements in their response. YWS might conduct reference checks related to the submitted case studies.
Bidders that do not meet the minimum criteria, will be excluded from the process at this stage. Bidders were requested to submit commercials for the provision of the service.
Lot #2PR agency servicesAwardedLot estimate not published
Support YWS in the delivery of any required PR Agency services including but not limited to:
- Active participation in bidding for opportunities to deliver services within the Framework Agreement, on a brief-by-brief basis
- Close interaction and collaboration with the YWS Marketing team for successful delivery of each initiative
- Development of both on- and offline content plans to drive media coverage and/or online social media engagement
- Development of online assets to support the content plan
- Influencer marketing
- Development and management of any PR stunts or photo calls to support media coverage
- Demonstration and application of media relations expertise
- Development of content plans to support campaign activity
Bidders are required to cover in full at least one of the above-mentioned lots to qualify.
he process:
Following the expression of interests to participate a pre-qualification questionnaire was shared with bidders upon receipt of the expression of interest. Bidders successful after PQQ round then were assessed over two ITT stages where both bidders capability and commercial offering was assessed. Bidders responded to case studies that evidence their depth and breadth of experience related to the future work among other qualitative questions. Bidders will be required to demonstrate an understanding of YWS requirements in their response. YWS might conduct reference checks related to the submitted case studies.
Bidders that do not meet the minimum criteria, will be excluded from the process at this stage. Bidders were requested to submit commercials for the provision of the service.
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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).
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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).
- “Admittance to a panel for supply of Brand & Marketing Services and/or…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 4 Oct 2021, 16:47 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Oct 2022, 09:43 BST
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-028635- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 2 Nov 2021, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- document
Timeline
2 Nov 2021 → 12 Oct 2022 · 2 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown2 Nov 2021, 17:00 GMT
- Notice published12 Oct 2022, 09:43 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Oct 2022- Status changed to complete12 Oct 2022, 09:43 BST
- Buyer details updated12 Oct 2022, 09:43 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates; the JSON mirror lists them.
Contracts
Brand Marketing services
- Signed
- 30 Sept 2022
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
PR services
- Signed
- 30 Sept 2022
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- Yorkshire WaterReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria