Official UK procurement notice
DfI Safe and Sustainable Travel Advertising Services
Authority: Department for Infrastructure (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNo description was published on the notice. See the official documents.
CPV: Advertising services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) wishes to appoint an advertising agency to…
The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) wishes to appoint an advertising agency to deliver advertising services and associated activity, including digital, to promote safe and sustainable travel in Northern Ireland. The purpose of the contract is to influence positive change in road user behaviours and a modal shift towards sustainable,mainly active travel.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 31 Dec 2024, 14:54 GMT
- Last source update
- 31 Dec 2024, 14:54 GMT
- Authority reference
ID 2355426- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-041641- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04cd31Find a Tender
Publisher note: The value of this contract (£5,640,000) was above the UK threshold therefore the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 applied.. . The Regulations permit the modification of a contract where the changes proposed meet one or more of the prescribed tests as set out under Regulation 72. . Having considered the information provided there would appear to be convincing reasons to modify this contract in accordance with Regulation 72(1)(b) for additional works, services or supplies that “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. .This modification is for up to 6 months from 15 January 2025 until 14 July 2025, this should be sufficient time to let a new contract, there is no increase in value.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ardmore advertising and Marketing LTDSMEID 2355426 - DfI Safe and Sustainable Travel Advertising Services | £5,640,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
ID 2355426 - DfI Safe and Sustainable Travel Advertising Services · Ardmore advertising and Marketing LTDSME
- Signed
- 15 Jan 2020
- Value
- £5,640,000
- Status
- active
- Change The value of this contract (£5,640,000) was above the UK threshold therefore the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 applied.. . The Regulations permit the modification of a contract where the changes proposed meet one or more of the prescribed tests as set out under Regulation 72. . Having considered the information provided there would appear to be convincing reasons to modify this contract in accordance with Regulation 72(1)(b) for additional works, services or supplies that “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. .This modification is for up to 6 months from 15 January 2025 until 14 July 2025, this should be sufficient time to let a new contract, there is no increase in value., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: Creative advertising, this short modification of 6 months is not to circumvent the Regulations but required to ensure the Department can meet advertising requirements whilst a new tender competition is expedited
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK has no such bodiesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Ardmore Advertising and MarketingAwarded supplier
- Ardmore advertising and Marketing LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.