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title: "Global West Midlands Communications Campaigns"
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# Global West Midlands Communications Campaigns

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/global-west-midlands-communications-campaigns-ocds-h6vhtk-04169b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** WEST MIDLANDS GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED: "Global West Midlands Communications Campaigns". Published status: complete. Published Value: £390,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 7 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [WEST MIDLANDS GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/west-midlands-growth-company-limited-GB-COH-01631329)
- **Published Value:** £390,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 7 December 2023 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Public relations consultancy services, Public relations management services, Public relations services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £344,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04169b`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/global-west-midlands-communications-campaigns-ocds-h6vhtk-04169b#tl-md)

## Description
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

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79416000, 79416100, 79416200
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** 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 inbou...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Global West Midlands – Communications Campaigns (active)
  - Award id: `003177-2024-2023-WMGC-0237-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Portland PR Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-71447`
  - Value: £344,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Global West Midlands – Communications Campaigns (active)
  - Signed Value: £344,000
  - Signed Date: 30/01/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F003177-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-01-31T11:18:37.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T01:59:27.333Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04169b