Official UK procurement notice
DfE - Advertising and Related Services Contract for Skills to Succeed
Authority: Department for the Economy (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Department for the Economy (DfE) wishes to appoint a Contractor to provide advertising and related services to deliver a suite of advertising campaigns. The requirement consists of a series of campaigns all running to promote some of the Department's 'Skills to Succeed' programmes and initiatives.
CPV: Advertising services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (7)
- Strategic Solution and Creative Rationale: 17.5%
- Media Strategy, Rationale and Media Plan: 21%
- Proposals for Research and Evaluation: 5.6%
- Key Personnel Experience: 5.6%
- Creative Proposal (Presentation): 20.3%
- Total Media Cost: 10%
- Average Hourly Rate: 20%
Published award criteria (7)
- Strategic Solution and Creative Rationale: 17.5
- Media Strategy, Rationale and Media Plan: 21
- Proposals for Research and Evaluation: 5.6
- Key Personnel Experience: 5.6
- Creative Proposal (Presentation): 20.3
- Total Media Cost: 10
- Average Hourly Rate: 20
- 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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Jan 2022, 16:08 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Jan 2022, 16:08 GMT
- Authority reference
ID 2749682- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-001737- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-030d62Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Additional deliveries by the original supplier ordered under the strict conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
Due to an administrative error the contract notice was not published in OJEU, a Contract award notice could not be published despite best endeavours. A modification has been requested by DFE to uplift the contract value to £2360000 which is considered under Regulation 72(1)(b) for additional works, services or supplies "have become necessary" and were not included in the initial procurement and a change of supplier would not be practicable (for economic, technical or interoperability reasons) and would involve substantial inconvenience/duplication of costs - provided the change does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract.
As these campaigns are part of the Skills to Succeed brand it is important that the consistency of the department's message is retained through all elements. Retaining the Contractor that worked with the department to develop these campaigns will ensure consistency of the brand going forward and avoid the likelihood of duplication of costs and significant inconvenience to the Authority associated with bringing a new supplier up to speed on the campaigns
Publisher note: Due to an administrative error the contract notice was not published in OJEU, a Contract award notice could not be published despite best endeavours. A modification has been granted by DFE to uplift the contract value to £2360000 which is considered under Regulation 72(1)(b) for additional works, services or supplies "have become necessary" and were not included in the initial procurement and a change of supplier would not be practicable (for economic, technical or interoperability reasons) and would involve substantial inconvenience/duplication of costs - provided the change does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract. As these campaigns are part of the Skills to Succeed brand it is important that the consistency of the department's message is retained through all elements. Retaining the Contractor that worked with the department to develop these campaigns will ensure consistency of the brand going forward and avoid the likelihood of duplication of costs and significant inconvenience to the Authority associated with bringing a new supplier up to speed on the campaigns
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NAVIGATOR BLUE LTD | £1,700,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 001737-2022-1 · NAVIGATOR BLUE LTD
- Signed
- 19 Sept 2020
- Value
- £1,700,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any such bodiesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Navigator BlueAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.