Official UK procurement notice
Global West Midlands Communications Campaigns
Authority: WEST MIDLANDS GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWMGC requires an external agency or consultancy to support with a 15-month programme of communications campaigns to support its overarching objective of Enhancing the Profile and Reputation of the Region, in order to drive inward investment and inbound tourism to the West Midlands. The communications programme will run from January 2024 – March 2025.Campaign delivery will broadly consist of narrative development, thought leadership/byline curation and press release creation, and is therefore content-generation-led. Although an understanding of the media landscape is welcome and advantageous, there is not an expectation that campaign activity will include ‘aways on’ direct media relations. The campaign series will predominantly focus on inward investment and capital investment focused activity across nine mini campaigns, with a further three mini campaigns focused on visitor economy themes. The communications programme will build on the unprecedented exposure generated surrounding t
CPV: Public relations consultancy services · Public relations management services · Public relations services
The lotProcurement structure
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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).
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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).
- Price
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 7 Nov 2023, 19:06 GMT
- Last source update
- 31 Jan 2024, 11:18 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 7 Dec 2023 – …
- Authority reference
2023-WMGC-0237- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-003177- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04169bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 7 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 7 Dec 2023, 12:30 GMT
Timeline
7 Dec 2023 → 31 Jan 2024 · 3 dates- Submission deadline7 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened7 Dec 2023, 12:30 GMT
- Notice published31 Jan 2024, 11:18 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete31 Jan 2024, 11:18 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland PR Limited | £344,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Global West Midlands – Communications Campaigns · Portland PR Limited
- Signed
- 30 Jan 2024
- Value
- £344,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11bids · 11 electronic | 8 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- West Midlands Growth Company Leadership TeamReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Portland PR LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.