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Published 23 Dec 2025, 12:43 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Business Events - UK & Global Strategic Communications & Media

Official notice

Authority: VisitScotland

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£279,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 16 Aug 2022

Awarded to davies tanner

What is being bought

Published requirement description

VisitScotland is seeking to appoint suitably qualified agency representation for Business Events – UK & Global Strategic Communications & Media

CPV: Public relations consultancy services · Public relations management services · Public relations services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK · Scotland

79416000 Public relations services 79416100 Public relations management services 79416200 Public relations consultancy 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: 60%Price: 40%

Published sub-criteria (2)

technical: 60%
price: 40%

Published award criteria (2)

technical: 60
Price: 40

What this means for your bid

Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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 · publisher note attached

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: Unspecified in notice
First published: 23 Dec 2025, 12:43 GMT
Last source update: 23 Dec 2025, 12:43 GMT
Authority reference: VSEH22017
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-085812
Classification (CPV): Public relations consultancy servicesPublic relations management servicesPublic relations services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05fc7f Find a Tender

Publisher note: (SC Ref:819305)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £279,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 22 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 16 Aug 2022

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
davies tannerSME	£279,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 085812-2025-VSEH22017-1 · davies tannerSME
Signed
16 Aug 2022
Value
£279,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad	2	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

VisitScotland

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawTourist Board / Marketing Ocean Point One, 94 Ocean Drive, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH6 6JHContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Court of SessionReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

davies tannerAwarded supplier Longford House, 19 Mount Ephraim Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells, UK, TN1 1EN

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.