Official UK procurement notice
EMMS Marketing · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Lincolnshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEast Midlands Made Smarter requires a Marketing Support Provider who will be responsible for ensuring sufficient Expressions of Interest (EOIs) are received through the Made Smarter website or through Made Smarter East Midlands Events to achieve the Initial Engagement Discussion (IED) programme target and for Marketing the full range of support to Made Smarter East Midlands beneficiaries, both past and present. The Beneficiaries of the Made Smarter Adoption East Midlands Programme will be SME Manufacturers, having headcounts between 1 and 249, and may be located in Greater Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.
CPV: Advertising and marketing services · Business and management consultancy and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£234,000
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: Quality Questions
- Price
- 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- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Mar 2026, 14:56 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Jun 2026, 11:49 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 11 May 2026
- Authority reference
PL25.139- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-026902- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0672f3Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 22 Apr 2026, 15:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 15 Apr 2026, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
24 Mar 2026 → 12 Jun 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published212 days ago24 Mar 2026, 14:56 GMT
- Clarification questions by190 days ago15 Apr 2026, 15:00 BST
- Submission deadline183 days ago22 Apr 2026, 15:00 BST
- Award decision expected by164 days ago11 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent156 days ago19 May 2026
- Contract starts150 days ago25 May 2026
- Standstill ends146 days ago29 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published132 days ago12 Jun 2026, 11:49 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Mar 2026- Tender notice published24 Mar 2026, 14:56 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published19 May 2026, 12:43 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete19 May 2026, 12:43 BST
- Contract signature expected29 May 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published12 Jun 2026, 11:49 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Ark Marketing & Media LtdSME1 Jun 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 · up to 31 Mar 2029Extensions: There will be an option for the Council to extend the Contract by a period of two years, confirmed in yearly increments. Extensions are subject to the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) maintaining current Made Smarter programme requirements, awarding funding in future years, satisfactory performance and by mutual agreement. | £234,000 inc. VAT | 19 May 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
EMMS Marketing · The Ark Marketing & Media LtdSME
- Signed
- 1 Jun 2026
- Value
- £194,100
- Period
- 1 Jun 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 · up to 31 Mar 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Option to extend for 2 further periods of 1 year, up to a maximum of 2 years in total
4 agreed KPIs: Number of Initial Engagement Discussions (IEDs) · Made Smart East Midlands Events · Case Studies …
- Number of Initial Engagement Discussions (IEDs), Programme Target: Minimum 220 before 31st December 2026. Targets for subsequent years will be mutually agreed in the event of contract extension.
- Made Smart East Midlands Events, Deliver six (6) Made Smarter East Midlands Events with attendance > 50 people including presenters.
- Case Studies, Deliver four (4) video Case Studies and four (4) Written Case Studies, eight (8) in total.
- Monthly Newsletters, Create and publish twelve (12) Monthly Newsletters to past and present Beneficiaries.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 3 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- THE ARK MARKETING & MEDIA LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender