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Published 24 Nov 2022, 14:29 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

BSP-22-013 Recruitment Advertising Services

Official notice

Authority: Education Authority NI (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Published estimate£750,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 17 Jan 2023awarded 21 Feb 2023
Awarded to ANDERSON SPRATT GROUP LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Contractor will be required to provide advertising and related services to support the Education Authority’s external recruitment competitions. In order to ensure the widest and most diverse pool of candidates possible is reached whilst also targeting the skills and abilities needed.

CPV: Advertising and marketing services · Advertising campaign services · Advertising consultancy services · Advertising management services · Advertising services · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Job search services · Market and economic research; polling and statistics · Marketing services · Recruitment services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£750,000
Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: The Contract will commence following award for an Initial Contract Period of three years. With up to 24 months ofoptional extensions with a maximum of 2 extension points. · The Contract will commence following award for an Initial Contract Period of three years. With up to 24 months of optional extensions with a maximum of 2 extension points.Variant bids: not allowed
79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security79300000 Market and economic research; polling and statistics79340000 Advertising and marketing services79341000 Advertising services79341100 Advertising consultancy services79341200 Advertising management services

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: 59.5%Price: 30%Social value: 10.5%
Published sub-criteria (11)
  • AC1 Strategic Solution for Scenario A: 10.5%
  • AC2 Strategic Solution for Scenario B: 10.5%
  • AC3 Media Plan and Rationale in relation Scenario A: 7%
  • AC4 Media Plan and Rationale in relation Scenario B: 7%
  • AC5 Key Personnel Experience: 17.5%
  • AC6 Contract Management and Business Continuity: 3.5%
  • AC7 Quality Control and Reporting: 3.5%
  • AC9 Scenario Pricing: 10%
  • AC10 Average Daily Rate: 15%
  • AC11 Agency Commission split with EA: 5%
  • AC8 Social Value: 10.5%
Published award criteria (11)
  • AC1 Strategic Solution for Scenario A: 10.5
  • AC2 Strategic Solution for Scenario B: 10.5
  • AC3 Media Plan and Rationale in relation Scenario A: 7
  • AC4 Media Plan and Rationale in relation Scenario B: 7
  • AC5 Key Personnel Experience: 17.5
  • AC6 Contract Management and Business Continuity: 3.5
  • AC7 Quality Control and Reporting: 3.5
  • AC8 Social Value: 10.5
  • AC9 Scenario Pricing: 10
  • AC10 Average Daily Rate: 15
  • AC11 Agency Commission split with EA: 5
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
24 Nov 2022, 14:29 GMT
Last source update
22 Feb 2023, 12:37 GMT
Award evaluation window
17 Jan 2023 – …
Authority reference
BSP-22-013
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-005287
Classification (CPV)
Advertising and marketing servicesAdvertising campaign servicesAdvertising consultancy servicesAdvertising management servicesAdvertising servicesBusiness services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityJob search servicesMarket and economic research; polling and statisticsMarketing servicesRecruitment services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-038816 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/mediation procedures.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗

Submission deadline
17 Jan 2023, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
17 Jan 2023, 15:30 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗

Timeline

17 Jan 2023 → 17 Apr 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    17 Jan 2023, 15:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    17 Jan 2023, 15:30 GMT
  3. Notice published
    22 Feb 2023, 12:37 GMT
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    17 Apr 2023, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    22 Feb 2023, 12:37 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £750,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 21 Feb 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ANDERSON SPRATT GROUP LTDSMEContract£750,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Education Authority NI

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation 40 Academy Street, Belfast, UK, BT1 2NQContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/mediation proceduresReview body Belfast
  • UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/mediation proceduresReview body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.