Official UK procurement notice
ID 5168908 - DfC - Advertising and Related Services
Authority: Department for Communities NI (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Department for Communities (DfC) wish to appoint a Supplier to provide advertising and related services to deliver a range of advertising campaigns and related services. The requirement consists of a series of campaigns all running to promote a number of the Department’s programmes and initiatives. No guarantee can be given as to the level and value of work to be placed throughout the lifetime of this contract. Full details of requirements are set out in the Specification document (ID 5168908 – Specification).
CPV: Advertising and marketing services · Advertising campaign services · Advertising management services · Advertising services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,800,000
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 (8)
- AC1 Strategic Solution for the Make the Call Campaign: 16.8%
- AC2 Media Strategy, Rationale and Media Plan for the Make the Call Campaign for Financial Year 2024/25: 16.1%
- AC3 Proposal for Tracking Research and Evaluation of the Make the Call Campaign: 7%
- AC4 Creative Proposal for the Make the Call Campaign: 16.1%
- AC5 Key personnel Experience: 3.5%
- AC7 Total Campaign Delivery Cost: 20%
- AC8 Average Hourly Rate: 10%
- AC6 Social Value: 10.5%
Published award criteria (8)
- AC1 Strategic Solution for the Make the Call Campaign: 16.8
- AC2 Media Strategy, Rationale and Media Plan for the Make the Call Campaign for Financial Year 2024/25: 16.1
- AC3 Proposal for Tracking Research and Evaluation of the Make the Call Campaign: 7
- AC4 Creative Proposal for the Make the Call Campaign: 16.1
- AC5 Key personnel Experience: 3.5
- AC6 Social Value: 10.5
- AC7 Total Campaign Delivery Cost: 20
- AC8 Average Hourly Rate: 10
- Economic & financial standing
As per Tender documentation.
- Technical & professional ability
As per Tender documentation.
- 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 · publisher note attached- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 17 Apr 2024, 15:59 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Jul 2024, 14:26 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 20 May 2024 – …
- Authority reference
ID 5168908- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-023431- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-045315Find a Tender
- Performance terms
Contract performance will be subject to the conditions specified in the contract and the successful Supplier’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored.
- Review procedure
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.
Publisher note: DfC does not guarantee any level of business under this contract. . The successful Contractor’s performance on the Contract will be regularly monitored in line with the tender documentation. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It. means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in Construction and Procurement Delivery (CPD) for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance can result in the Contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of three years from the date of issue.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 May 2024, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 20 May 2024, 15:30 BST
Timeline
20 May 2024 → 18 Aug 2024 · 4 dates- Submission deadline20 May 2024, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened20 May 2024, 15:30 BST
- Notice published26 Jul 2024, 14:26 BST
- Bids must remain valid until18 Aug 2024, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete26 Jul 2024, 14:26 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NAVIGATOR BLUE LTDContractSubcontracting: In delivering this contract, the Contractor will subcontract the following services (if required): • Research • Print Production • Website development • Creative and Content Production Services. | £1,800,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · NAVIGATOR BLUE LTD
- Signed
- 19 Jul 2024
- Value
- £1,800,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- NAVIGATOR BLUE LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.