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Published 30 Jun 2025, 13:20 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Communications & Marketing Programme - Healthier Futures

Official notice

Authority: Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureAbove threshold
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£167,000≈ £84k / year · £200,400 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 25 Jul 2025awarded 20 Oct 2025
Awarded to Darkhorse Design Ltd
Contract term 2 yrsends 30 Sept 2027 · starts 1 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Communications & Marketing Programme for Healthier Futures - The new Leighton Hospital in Crewe.

  • No preliminary market engagement: N/A

CPV: Advertising and marketing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 2 yrsPublished value£167,000
Contract period: 1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2027 (2 yrs)Value: £167,000 exc. VAT · £200,400 inc. VAT
79340000 Advertising and marketing 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: 100%
Published sub-criteria (1)
  • As per award criteria & weightings document: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
  • As per award criteria & weightings document

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open 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
30 Jun 2025, 13:20 BST
Last source update
23 Oct 2025, 14:21 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 15 Aug 2025
Authority reference
C372151
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036086
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Advertising and marketing services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0555d7 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary

30 Days - Trust standard

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated
Submission deadline
25 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
18 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

The tender is being run via the ATAMIS e-tendering Portal which can be found at health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗ ("the e-sourcing Portal")N/A

Timeline

30 Jun 2025 → 23 Oct 2025 · 6 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    30 Jun 2025, 13:20 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    18 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    25 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by
    15 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract starts386 days ago
    1 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
  6. Latest notice published364 days ago
    23 Oct 2025, 14:21 BST

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Jun 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    30 Jun 2025, 13:20 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract details notice published
    23 Oct 2025, 14:21 BST
    UK7
  3. Status changed to complete
    23 Oct 2025, 14:21 BST
  4. Buyer details updated
    23 Oct 2025, 14:21 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £167,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 20 Oct 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Darkhorse Design LtdSME£167,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · Darkhorse Design LtdSME

    Signed
    20 Oct 2025
    Value
    £167,000
    Period
    20 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2027
    Status
    active

    No agreed KPIs: Under threshold

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

MID CHESHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-NHS: RBT · GB-PPON: PZZX-1928-RJQT Leighton Hospital, Crewe, North West, CW1 4TQContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • DARKHORSE DESIGN LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 05500100GB-PPON: PMRV-4116-QRMH C/O Dsg Chartered Accountants Castle Chambers, Liverpool, North West, L2 9TLContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender