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Published 30 Aug 2022, 18:03 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Creative and production services

Official notice

Authority: Post Office Limited (Public body)·Consortium: 3 public authorities

ServicesCompetitive procedure with negotiation
Published estimate£25,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 3 Oct 2022awarded 27 Nov 2023
Awarded to THE MISSION GROUP PLC

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Creative and production services

CPV: Advertising and marketing services · Advertising campaign services · Advertising consultancy services · Advertising management services · Advertising material · Advertising services · Marketing management consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£25,000,000
Delivery: UK · UK
Extensions: Option of three one year extensions after the initial two year term · Two year Initial term and option of three one year extensionsSecond stage: 3–7 candidates invited to tenderVariant 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: 85%Price: 15%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Business requirements: 75%
  • Creative brief pitch: 10%
  • total cost: 15%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Business requirements: 75
  • Creative brief pitch: 10
  • total cost: 15
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As detailed in the procurement documents

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
Successive reduction
Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 15 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1.5 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 · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Competitive procedure with negotiation
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
30 Aug 2022, 18:03 BST
Last source update
14 Jan 2024, 16:32 GMT
Authority reference
AA1283
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-001197
Classification (CPV)
Advertising and marketing servicesAdvertising campaign servicesAdvertising consultancy servicesAdvertising management servicesAdvertising materialAdvertising servicesMarketing management consultancy services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-036433 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Post Office will provide notification of intention to award which will allow bidders a 10 day period to raise any enquiry

Publisher note: Contract signed on 27/11/2023

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN
Submission deadline
3 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
360 days from the deadline
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

3 Oct 2022 → 14 Jan 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    3 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    17 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    14 Jan 2024, 16:32 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Sept 2022
  1. Deadline moved to 3 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
    1 Sept 2022, 18:18 BST
    -44 days · was 16 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    1 Sept 2022, 18:18 BST
  3. Status changed to complete
    14 Jan 2024, 16:32 GMT
  4. Buyer details updated
    14 Jan 2024, 16:32 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineIV.2.216 Nov 20223 Oct 2022-44 d

This FTS will have the following processes in the procurement - an SQ, then ITT and finally ITFT processes All SQs responses need to be submitted via WEB 3 by 3rd Oct - noon - this needs to be done in order to potentially move to the next phase - the ITT. This is subject to passing the criteria in the SQ document All documents are accessed via WEB 3 and all SQ responses need to submitted on the …

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £25,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Nov 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
THE MISSION GROUP PLC£25,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Post Office Ltd

Contracting authorityPublic bodypostal services postal services Body governed by public law 100 wood street, London , UK, ukContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Post OfficeReview body london
  • UK High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria