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Published 4 Aug 2023, 14:03 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Creative Consultancy · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Liverpool City Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Awarded value£280,000published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 8 Sept 2023awarded 1 Nov 2023
Awarded to Red and Grey Creative Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Culture Liverpool are looking for a Creative Consultant to devise and produce creative programmes for the City of Liverpool and wider region.

CPV: Marketing management consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Culture Liverpool are looking for a Creative Consultant to devise and produce creative…Awarded

Culture Liverpool are looking for a Creative Consultant to devise and produce creative programmes for the City of Liverpool and wider region, developing key event campaigns and strategies that accelerate the growth of the cultural and creative ecology. The work involves leading on the creative for various projects across multiple themes including music, maritime, sport, culture, business (including inward investment).

Delivery: North West
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: 60%Price: 30%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Quality: 60%
  • Cost: 30%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality: 60%
  • Social Value: 10%
  • Cost: 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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
4 Aug 2023, 14:03 BST
Last source update
17 Nov 2023, 12:33 GMT
Award evaluation window
8 Sept 2023 – …
Authority reference
DN679199
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-034089
Classification (CPV)
Marketing management consultancy services
Delivery area
North West (UKD72)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03ed29 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

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
8 Sept 2023, 10:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
8 Sept 2023, 10:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

8 Sept 2023 → 17 Nov 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    8 Sept 2023, 10:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    8 Sept 2023, 10:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    17 Nov 2023, 12:33 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    17 Nov 2023, 12:33 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £280,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 6
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Nov 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Red and Grey Creative LimitedSME£280,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Liverpool City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Cunard Building, Water Street, Liverpool, North West, L3 1DSContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Court of JusticeReview body London
  • The Royal Courts of JusticeReview 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