Official UK procurement notice
Highways England Staff Magazine 2021
Authority: Highways England
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHighways England’s Communications directorate are seeking to appoint a single supplier to produce a quarterly internal magazine for both office based and on-road staff. The magazine is expected support the underlying principles of the business’ Internal Communications Strategy, which are;
- Consistency in messaging
- Clear purpose for each channel
- Reduce duplication (and channels)
- Build in two-way capability
- Manager reference library
- Measure outcomes not outputs
- More targeted comms
In addition to this, Highways expect the successful supplier to bring Journalistic inquisitiveness, experience and focus to ensure the magazine appeals to staff who have an interest in internal business topics, infrastructure, construction and engineering.
CPV: Publishing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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 sub-criteria (11)
- Achieving the Objectives: 7%
- Prompt Publication of the First Edition: 7%
- Ongoing Readership Volume: 7%
- Collaboration and Understanding: 7%
- Clear Reporting: 7%
- Equality, Diversity & Inclusion: 7%
- Digital Platform: 10.5%
- Security: 7%
- Code of Conduct: 3.5%
- price: 30%
- Delivering in an altered working environment: 7%
Published award criteria (11)
- Achieving the Objectives: 7
- Prompt Publication of the First Edition: 7
- Ongoing Readership Volume: 7
- Collaboration and Understanding: 7
- Clear Reporting: 7
- Delivering in an altered working environment: 7
- Equality, Diversity & Inclusion: 7
- Digital Platform: 10.5
- Security: 7
- Code of Conduct: 3.5
- Price: 30
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-002429- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0290e4Find a Tender
- Review procedure
Appeals must be lodged in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 102) as amended.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| AB Publishing LtdSME | £232,483 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Highways England Staff Magazine 2021 · AB Publishing LtdSME
- Signed
- 12 Jan 2021
- Value
- £232,483
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids | 4 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- See details at VI.4.3Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- AB Publishing LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.