Official UK procurement notice
Framework Agreement for Funding, Business and Enterprise External Marketing
Authority: Staffordshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAn external marketing consultant is required to produce a communications plan for the Funding, Business & Enterprise Team, and marketing materials (digital) covering all aspects of SCC's business support offer.
CPV: Advertising campaign services · Advertising consultancy services · Promotional services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
- Places
- up to 1 suppliers · 1 appointed (full)
- Framework period
- 1 yr · up to 3 yrs from 8 May 2026
Published description of the framework
Prices are as tendered - there is no selection process as the framework agreement has 1 supplier.
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Notices that name this framework as their framework in the official record. Many call-offs are never published, so this is a floor, not utilisation.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£170,000
- Condition of participation
Supplier must have been trading for at least 1 year prior to the tender deadline.
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).
Lot awarding rule: Award Criteria will be comprised of Price (20%) and Quality (80%). The highest overall scoring supplier will be awarded. Full details of the award criteria can be found in the Procurement Pack.
- Condition of participation
Supplier must have been trading for at least 1 year prior to the tender deadline.
- “Framework Agreement for Funding, Business and Enterprise External…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract, and call-offs are awarded directly: getting appointed is the whole game.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Mar 2026, 17:03 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Jun 2026, 10:37 BST
- Authority reference
IA3876- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-024844- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066e26Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 14 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 7 Apr 2026, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
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Suppliers must register for Proactis and can search for 'IA3876' in Opportunities. All queries should be submitted via the messaging function.
Timeline
18 Mar 2026 → 1 Jun 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published218 days ago18 Mar 2026, 17:03 GMT
- Clarification questions by198 days ago7 Apr 2026, 14:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period ends191 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown14 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts168 days ago8 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published143 days ago1 Jun 2026, 10:37 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Mar 2026- Tender notice published18 Mar 2026, 17:03 GMTUK4
- Contract details notice published1 Jun 2026, 10:37 BSTUK7
- Status changed to complete1 Jun 2026, 10:37 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 1
- Signed
- 18 May 2026
- Value
- £170,000
- Period
- 18 May 2026 – 17 May 2027 · up to 17 May 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Extension options are 2 x 12 month periods. Extensions will be taken based upon whether the budget remains available for the marketing in the upcoming year.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- SHEPHERD P R LIMITEDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender