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Published 8 Jun 2022, 11:25 BST

Official UK procurement notice

CP2212-22. Recruitment Advertising Agency Provision

Official notice

Authority: Devon County Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submissions closed 13 Jul 2022awarded 27 Sept 2022
Awarded to Penna plc

What is being bought

Published requirement description

To recruit staff effectively, DCC needs to access a broad range of recruitment advertising and other resource related services, making use of several different kinds of approaches to attract the most suitable candidates, both to fill its own needs and those of the not-for-profit partner organisations with which we work.

DCC is looking to appoint a single supplier to provide its recruitment advertising requirements.

  • Recurrence: It is new contract would be tendered every four years, dependant upon DCC requirements.

CPV: Advertising services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal
Delivery: South West
Extensions: This is likely to be renewed to enable a new contract to begin upon expiry of this contract in 2026.Variant bids: not allowed

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: 70%Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 70
  • Price: 30
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
Yes · It is new contract would be tendered every four years, dependant upon DCC requirements.
First published
8 Jun 2022, 11:25 BST
Last source update
18 Oct 2022, 12:25 BST
Award evaluation window
13 Jul 2022 – …
Authority reference
DN610296
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-029295
Classification (CPV)
Advertising services
Delivery area
South West (UKK4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-034420 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
13 Jul 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
360 days from the deadline
Bids opened
13 Jul 2022, 13:10 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

13 Jul 2022 → 18 Oct 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    13 Jul 2022, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    13 Jul 2022, 13:10 BST
  3. Notice published
    18 Oct 2022, 12:25 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    18 Oct 2022, 12:25 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Bids received 1110 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Sept 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Penna plc——Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 029295-2022-CP2212-22-1 · Penna plc

    Signed
    27 Sept 2022
    Value
    —
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
To recruit staff effectively, DCC needs to access a broad range of recruitment…11bids · 11 electronic10—£280,000 – £300,000
Whole notice———£280,000 – £300,000

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Devon County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter, South West, EX2 4QDContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Penna PlcAwarded supplier 10 Bishops Square, London, London, E1 6EG

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.