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Published 25 Oct 2023, 14:28 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Communications/Media Support brief - Heritage Development Trusts

Official notice

Authority: ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE FUND(THE) (Charity / VCSE)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£45,750≈ £15k / year
Submissions closed 17 Nov 2023
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Dec 2026 · starts 1 Jan 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

In 2023, the Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) launched its new Strategy for 2023-28 and also a three-year programme funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund focused on supporting Heritage Development Trusts (HDT). The AHF is seeking to commission a consultant, or consultancy, to work with us over three years commencing January 2024 to help promote to national and regional media outlets the HDT programme and its model - particularly around sharing emerging lessons and impact - as well as the AHF and its broader work. This work should complement our existing in-house delivery of social media, newsletters, and web stories/blogs. We hope through this activity to raise the profile of the AHF and its HDT model to potential future funders, government agencies at all levels (local, regional, national), and the wider public. The work is expected to roughly divide 50:50 in support of promoting the HDT programme specifically and the AHF's corporate communications activity.

CPV: Financial and insurance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1To support the AHF in promoting its Heritage Development Trusts programme and its… 3 yrs

To support the AHF in promoting its Heritage Development Trusts programme and its wider work via national / regional and specialist media. Specifically, we are seeking:

  • A regular pattern of days of support for promoting agreed topical content to your media contacts sourced by you within print journalism, television, radio, and other specialist media, with enough flexibility to enable 'peak periods of activity' as needed (e.g. timed to coincide with grants or loan announcements, launch of annual impact reports, etc.);
  • Support in creating - with feedback and support from AHF staff - both print and digital content (e.g. phone based social media films) to be used for promotion.

Intended outcomes:

For the HDT programme:

  • Promote the HDT model and fulfil our obligations to The National Lottery Heritage Fund regarding acknowledgement of their support;
  • Deliver opportunities for regional and national new pieces covering the work of our HDTs, as individual trusts and as a cohort; and
  • Share emerging lessons and demonstrate the impact of the HDT programme, informed by the HDT evaluation framework.

For the AHF generally:

  • Broaden awareness of the AHF, its work and strategy, to policymakers, funders, and the wider public;
  • Share emerging lessons and demonstrate the impact of our work, informed by AHF-wide evaluation frameworks; and
  • Further the AHF's role and influence in shaping and informing national heritage, regeneration and social enterprise policy.
Contract period: 1 Jan 2024 – 31 Dec 2026 (3 yrs)
Delivery: UK
Variant bids: allowed

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
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
25 Oct 2023, 14:28 BST
Last source update
25 Oct 2023, 14:28 BST
Award evaluation window
17 Nov 2023 – …
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-031488
Classification (CPV)
Financial and insurance services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
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How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN, CY
Submission deadline
17 Nov 2023, 09:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en, cy
Bids opened
17 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

25 Oct 2023 → 1 Jan 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    25 Oct 2023, 14:28 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    17 Nov 2023, 09:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    17 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    1 Jan 2024

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE FUND(THE)

Contracting authorityCharity / VCSERegistered charityHeritage funding GB-CHC: 266780 3 Spital Yard Spital Square, LONDON, London, E16AQContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Architectural Heritage FundReview body London

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

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