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Published 20 Feb 2025, 14:56 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Agency Support for VE and VJ Day 80 Commemorations

Official notice

Authority: COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£312,500exc. VAT20% above published estimate
Submissions closed 3 Mar 2025awarded 4 Mar 2025
Awarded to 2Heads Global Design Limited
Contract term 5 moends 18 Aug 2025 · starts 10 Mar 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Delivery of a UK wide engagement programme to mark the 80th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day (8th May) and VJ (Victory in Japan) Day (15th July). The programme will be part of the national programme of events lead by the UK government.

CPV: Advertising and marketing services · Public relations services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 5 moPublished value£312,500
Contract period: 10 Mar 2025 – 18 Aug 2025 (5 mo)
Delivery: UK, South East
Variant bids: not 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: 100%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Solution & Approach: 50%
  • Experience & Expertise: 40%
  • Resources: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
  • Solution & Approach: 50%
  • Experience & Expertise: 40%
  • Resources: 10%
  • Fixed budget: 0

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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
20 Feb 2025, 14:56 GMT
Last source update
26 Mar 2025, 10:28 GMT
Award evaluation window
3 Mar 2025 – …
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-011267
Classification (CPV)
Advertising and marketing servicesPublic relations services
Delivery area
UKSouth East (UKJ1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e52c Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
3 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
3 Mar 2025, 12:01 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

3 Mar 2025 → 26 Mar 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    3 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    3 Mar 2025, 12:01 GMT
  3. Contract starts
    10 Mar 2025
  4. Notice published
    26 Mar 2025, 10:28 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    26 Mar 2025, 10:28 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £375,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 4 Mar 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
2Heads Global Design Limited£375,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawCommemoration GB-COH: RC000136 2 Marlow Road, Maidenhead, South East, SL6 7DXContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria