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Published 13 Dec 2021, 17:14 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

C1129 - Full Service Marketing Agency

Official notice

Authority: NI Water and its subsidiaries

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Published estimate£2,950,000exc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 20 Jun 2022awarded 30 Aug 2022
Awarded to Genesis Advertising Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NI Water continues to focus on providing clear, relevant and timely information to the public. This will require creative communications solutions, an innovative and insightful approach and most importantly methods to reinforce the value in the minds of the public about the essential service we provide. We intend to appoint a full service marketing contract to support, maintain and develop specified communications activity in relation to internal, external and stakeholder campaigns.

CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Market and economic research; polling and statistics · Miscellaneous business and business-related services · Printing and related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£2,950,000
Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: Options to extendVariant bids: not allowed
79300000 Market and economic research; polling and statistics79800000 Printing and related services79900000 Miscellaneous business and business-related 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)
  • Quality: 60%
  • Cost: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60
  • Cost: 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
Procedure method
Open 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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
13 Dec 2021, 17:14 GMT
Last source update
30 Aug 2022, 13:40 BST
Award evaluation window
20 Jun 2022 – …
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-024160
Classification (CPV)
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityMarket and economic research; polling and statisticsMiscellaneous business and business-related servicesPrinting and related services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03009a Find a Tender

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
Submission deadline
20 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
20 Jun 2022, 12:30 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗

Timeline

21 Feb 2022 → 18 Sept 2022 · 5 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    21 Feb 2022
  2. Submission deadline
    20 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    20 Jun 2022, 12:30 BST
  4. Notice published
    30 Aug 2022, 13:40 BST
  5. Bids must remain valid until
    18 Sept 2022, 23:59 BST

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 May 2022
  1. Published value published: £2,950,000
    24 May 2022, 15:22 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    24 May 2022, 15:22 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    24 May 2022, 15:22 BST
  4. Deadline moved to 20 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
    24 May 2022, 15:22 BST
    +87 days · was 25 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
  5. Status changed to complete
    30 Aug 2022, 13:40 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £2,950,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 30 Aug 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Genesis Advertising LtdSMEContract£2,950,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NI Water and its subsidiaries

Contracting authorityWater Westland House, Belfast, UK, BT14 6TEContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Northern Ireland WaterReview 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.