Official UK procurement notice
DfE - Tourism NI - Appointment of PR, Communications, Influencer and Stakeholder Engagement Support
Authority: Tourism NI·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionDfE - Tourism NI - Appointment of PR, Communications, Influencer and Stakeholder Engagement Support
- Recurrence: Every 5 years
CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Public relations consultancy services · Public relations management services · Public relations services
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · all with a published value (£2,875,000 together) · a supplier may bid for at most 4 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotApplies to lots 1, 2, 3, 4.
DfE - Tourism NI - Appointment of PR, Communications, Influencer and Stakeholder Engagement Support. Additional information: Contract will run for 2 years initially, with the option to extend for 3 further periods of 1 year up to a maximum duration of 5 years.
Lot #1Northern Ireland Consumer PRAwardedRenewalPublished value£833,333
Lot #2Republic of Ireland Consumer PR and Stakeholder EngagementAwardedRenewalPublished value£1,000,000
Lot #3Northern Ireland Corporate and Industry Communications and Stakeholder EngagementAwardedRenewalPublished value£416,667
Lot #4Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland Influencer MarketingAwardedRenewalPublished value£625,000
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 (2)
- Qualitative Criteria: 80%
- Quantitative Criteria: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Qualitative Criteria: 80
- Quantitative Criteria: 20
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
- 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 · Every 5 years
- First published
- 16 Nov 2021, 15:54 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Sept 2022, 16:58 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 10 Jan 2022 – …
- Authority reference
ID 3347735- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-025004- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f738Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where. appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is. communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful. tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into
Publisher note: The successful Contractor’s performance on this Contract will be managed as per the specification and regularly monitored. Contractors. not delivering on contract... requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor. fails to reach satisfactory... levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they. still fail to reach satisfactory... levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action.. If this occurs and their... performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an. act of grave. professional... misconduct and they may be issued with a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and this Contract may be. terminated. A central register... of such Notices for supplies and services contracts will be maintained and published on the CPD website.. Any. contractor in receipt of a... Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance will be required to declare this in future tender submissions for. a period of three years from the... date of issue of the Notice. It may also result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement. competitions being undertaken by... Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement. Policy.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 10 Jan 2022, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 10 Jan 2022, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
10 Jan 2022 → 6 Sept 2022 · 4 dates- Submission deadline10 Jan 2022, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened10 Jan 2022, 15:30 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until10 Apr 2022, 23:59 BST
- Notice published6 Sept 2022, 16:58 BST
Notice history
2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Sept 2022- Status changed to complete6 Sept 2022, 16:58 BST
- Buyer details updated6 Sept 2022, 16:58 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextAn extension to the closing date. Extend the closing date of the competition until 3pm Monday 24 January 2022. · IV.2.2) | Original closing date was 10 Jan at 3pm | New closing date extension to 24 Jan at 3pm |
Clarification re examples for Lot 3 Tourism NI will accept a non-tourism example for Lot 3. Tenderers may provide a wider example that is not exclusively specific to tourism. Please note that a revised Instructions to Tenderers document which reflects this change has been uploaded into the CFT document section and is available for viewing/download. In order for Tenderers to take this amendment …
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 · Northern Ireland Consumer PR1 award | |||
| JAGO COMMUNICATIONS LTDSME | £833,333 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 2 · Republic of Ireland Consumer PR and Stakeholder Engagement1 award | |||
| JAGO COMMUNICATIONS LTDSME | £1,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 3 · Northern Ireland Corporate and Industry Communications and Stakeholder Engagement1 award | |||
| MCE N.I. LTDSME | £416,667 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 4 · Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland Influencer Marketing1 award | |||
| JAGO COMMUNICATIONS LTDSME | £625,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Northern Ireland Consumer PR · JAGO COMMUNICATIONS LTDSME
- Signed
- 6 Sept 2022
- Value
- £833,333
- Status
- active
Republic of Ireland Consumer PR and Stakeholder Engagement · JAGO COMMUNICATIONS LTDSME
- Signed
- 6 Sept 2022
- Value
- £1,000,000
- Status
- active
Northern Ireland Corporate and Industry Communications and Stakeholder Engagement · MCE N.I. LTDSME
- Signed
- 6 Sept 2022
- Value
- £416,667
- Status
- active
Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland Influencer Marketing · JAGO COMMUNICATIONS LTDSME
- Signed
- 6 Sept 2022
- Value
- £625,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Northern Ireland Consumer PR | 10bids · 10 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 2 · Republic of Ireland Consumer PR and Stakeholder Engagement | 10bids · 10 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 3 · Northern Ireland Corporate and Industry Communications and Stakeholder Engagement | 10bids · 10 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 4 · Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland Influencer Marketing | 10bids · 10 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Tourism Northern IrelandContracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amendedMediation body
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation proceduresReview body
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- JAGO COMMUNICATIONS LTDAwarded supplier
- MCE N.I. LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.