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Global West Midlands Communications Campaigns

Public relations consultancy services
Public relations management services
Public relations services
West Midlands (UKG3)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: West Midlands Growth Company: "Global West Midlands Communications Campaigns". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityWest Midlands Growth CompanyScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: West Midlands Growth Company
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Published history for West Midlands Growth Company. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
11Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 1 active published awards; 1 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityWest Midlands Growth Company
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published31 Jan 2024, 11:18 GMT
Last source update31 Jan 2024, 11:18 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationPublic relations consultancy services, Public relations management services, Public relations services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG3)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04169b
What is being bought
WMGC 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
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    31 Jan 2024, 11:18 GMT
  2. Status changed to complete
    31 Jan 2024, 11:18 GMT
  3. Official notice release published
    31 Jan 2024, 11:18 GMT
  4. Submission deadline changed to published date
    31 Jan 2024, 11:18 GMT
  5. Published value updated to £390,000
    7 Nov 2023, 19:06 GMT
  6. Status changed to active
    7 Nov 2023, 19:06 GMT
  7. Official notice release published
    7 Nov 2023, 19:06 GMT
  8. Submission deadline changed to 7 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
    7 Nov 2023, 19:06 GMT
  9. Buyer information updated
    7 Nov 2023, 19:06 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    WMGC 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.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    31 Jan 2024, 11:18 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 30 Jan 2024, 00:00 GMT · £344,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Portland PR Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Global West Midlands – Communications Campaigns
£344,000 · signed 30 Jan 2024, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 11 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 11 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 1)
smeBids: 8 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

West Midlands Growth Company

Contracting authority GB-FTS-97807
View buyer profile

  • West Midlands Growth Company
    buyer

    The Colemore Building 20 Colemore Circus Queensway B4 6AT, Birmingham, UKG3
    zoe.middleton@wmgrowth.co.uk

  • Portland PR Limited
    supplier

    London, UKI

  • West Midlands Growth Company Leadership Team
    reviewBody

    Birmingham
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