Official UK procurement notice
Communication Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: NHS Digital (NHS & healthcare)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£2,000,000≈ £500k / year
Submissions closed 9 Sept 2021awarded 14 Dec 2021
Awarded to Thompson Brand Partners Ltd
Contract term 4 yrsends 31 Oct 2025 · starts 1 Nov 2021
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupply of communication (marketing) services
CPV: Marketing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Open procedureAwardedPublished value£2,000,000
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: 65%
- Commercial: 25%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical: 65
- Social Value: 10
- Commercial: 25
Conditions of participation2
- Economic & financial standing
See ITT documents
Minimum: See ITT documents - Technical & professional ability
See ITT documents
Minimum: See ITT documents
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 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
- 6 Aug 2021, 10:45 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Jan 2022, 14:43 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 9 Sept 2021 – …
- Authority reference
C32286- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-000890- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02d1afFind a Tender
Contract terms
- Performance terms
See ITT documents
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
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- Submission deadline
- 9 Sept 2021, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 9 Sept 2021, 14:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
9 Sept 2021 → 12 Jan 2022 · 5 dates- Submission deadline9 Sept 2021, 14:00 BST
- Bids opened9 Sept 2021, 14:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Nov 2021
- Bids must remain valid until9 Dec 2021, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published12 Jan 2022, 14:43 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete12 Jan 2022, 14:43 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Bids received 10
Contracts signed 1latest 14 Dec 2021
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson Brand Partners Ltd | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 000890-2022-1 · Thompson Brand Partners Ltd
- Signed
- 14 Dec 2021
- Value
- —
- Period
- … – 31 Oct 2025
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10bids · 10 electronic | — | — | £2,000,000 – £2,000,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ThompsonAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.