Official UK procurement notice
Brand Fundamentals · UK public procurement notice
Authority: NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT SAVINGS TRUST (NEST) CORPORATION
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWe’re looking for a partner to review and evolve our brand fundamentals to support a cohesive and effective brand expression internally and externally to all audiences. Our external audiences include members – people who are saving with Nest through work; employers, who select to use Nest on behalf of their staff and Third-Party Administrators (TPAs) like accountants and bookkeepers who support employers in setting up and / or running their workplace pensions.
Our objective from this work is to come away with a new design language that’s made up of a suite of brand assets and guidance that demonstrates how we show up for our audiences in a warm, human and relatable way. As well as our visual assets, we would also like our partner to provide guidance on brand architecture and naming conventions.
- How the procedure runs: •Stage 1 assessment of tenders in accordance with the criteria in evaluation table. • After this stage Nest will notify up to 5 suppliers who will progress to Stage 2. • Stage 2 will be based on a scenario provided by Nest. Bidders will be required to present their proposed solution at a meeting with the Nest team which will be scored in accordance with the evaluation criteria. The Stage 2 scenario and corresponding evaluation criteria will be shared as part of the Stage 1 tender outcome correspondence.
- No preliminary market engagement: some limited market engagement was carried out but as the project was pressing there was no notice published
CPV: Advertising and marketing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£550,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- Experience: 40%
- Approach: 30%
- Team: 15%
- cost: 10%
- Social Value: 5%
Published award criteria (5)
- Experience: three case studies (preferably in PowerPoint and no more than 4 slides each) that demonstrate your experience of developing a cohesive and effective brand expression that covers both internal and external audiences
- Approach: Please outline your approach to delivering the requirements. This should include a clear description of your methodology. We’re really keen to understand how you would engage the core brand team working on this brief as well as the wider organisation as the outcome of this work will impact most of the business
- Team: Please provide biographies of the core team who will manage the contract and ensure delivery of the Nest requirements as they arise. as well as key people who would work on the core brand expression requirement.
- Social Value: Please detail your understanding of social value and indicate whether you have a social value policy or programme in place. Please also give details of schemes currently in place within your organisation that positively impact the social, economic and environmental well-being of the areas in which you operate.
- cost: proposed Fees
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. 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
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Jan 2026, 13:34 GMT
- Last source update
- 22 May 2026, 11:43 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 12 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
TEN-2526-031(PA2023)- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-000049- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- How it runs
•Stage 1 assessment of tenders in accordance with the criteria in evaluation table.
- After this stage Nest will notify up to 5 suppliers who will progress to Stage 2.
- Stage 2 will be based on a scenario provided by Nest. Bidders will be required to present their proposed solution at a meeting with the Nest team which will be scored in accordance with the evaluation criteria. The Stage 2 scenario and corresponding evaluation criteria will be shared as part of the Stage 1 tender outcome correspondence.
- Risks
The outcome of some of the initial call off contracyts may require more work to be undertaken than orginally envisaged which could increas the stimated value of the framework
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 2 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 14 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
2 Jan 2026 → 22 May 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published297 days ago2 Jan 2026, 13:34 GMT
- Clarification questions by285 days ago14 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline266 days ago2 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by228 days ago12 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent210 days ago31 Mar 2026, 00:00 BST
- Contract starts209 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends195 days ago14 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published157 days ago22 May 2026, 11:43 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Jan 2026- Tender notice published2 Jan 2026, 13:34 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published1 Apr 2026, 11:52 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete1 Apr 2026, 11:52 BST
- Contract signature expected7 May 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published22 May 2026, 11:43 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Clearing Consultancy LtdTEN-2526-031(PA23) Brand fundamentals8 May 2026 – 7 May 2029 · up to 6 May 2030Extensions: 1 year extension may be exercised at Nest's discretion | £550,000 | 19 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · The Clearing Consultancy Ltd
- Signed
- 20 May 2026
- Value
- £550,000
- Period
- 20 May 2026 – 19 May 2029 · up to 19 May 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 1year at Nest's discretion
No agreed KPIs: below £5m
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders · 21 at stage one | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- The Clearing Consultancy LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: The scenario for stage 2 will be published to the successful tenderers selected to progress to to Stage 2
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender