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Published 21 Feb 2025, 14:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

ID 5659370 - DoJ - POCD - 'Ending the Harm' public awareness campaign

Official notice

Authority: Department of Justice (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)

Published estimate£170,000exc. VAT17.7% above published estimate

Submissions closed 7 Apr 2025awarded 15 May 2025

Awarded to This information is witheld for security reasons

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Tackling Paramilitarism, Criminality and Organised Crime Programme is a cross NI Executive programme, with the programme team based within the Department of Justice. The Department of Justice (DOJ) (the Client) wishes to appoint a Contractor to deliver advertising and related services for campaign advertising.

CPV: Advertising and marketing services · Advertising campaign services · Advertising management services · Advertising services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£170,000

Delivery: Northern Ireland

Extensions: Following the initial contract period, there is one option to extend for 1 period of up to 12 months · The contract has one extension period of 12 monthsVariant bids: not allowed

79340000 Advertising and marketing services 79341200 Advertising management services 79341400 Advertising campaign services

What it takes to win
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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).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more

How bids were scored

Quality: 59.5%Price: 30%Social value: 10.5%

Published sub-criteria (7)

Strategic Solution: 23.1%
Media Strategy, Rationale and Media Plan: 24.5%
Proposal for Research and Evaluation: 7%
Key Personnel Experience: 4.9%
Total Campaign Delivery Cost: 20%
Average Hourly Rate: 10%
Social Value: 10.5%

Published award criteria (7)

Strategic Solution: 23.1
Media Strategy, Rationale and Media Plan: 24.5
Proposal for Research and Evaluation: 7
Key Personnel Experience: 4.9
Social Value: 10.5
Total Campaign Delivery Cost: 20
Average Hourly Rate: 10

What this means for your bid

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: 21 Feb 2025, 14:05 GMT
Last source update: 4 Jun 2025, 17:15 BST
Award evaluation window: 7 Apr 2025 – …
Authority reference: ID 5659370
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-030043
Classification (CPV): Advertising and marketing servicesAdvertising campaign servicesAdvertising management servicesAdvertising services
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04e6ba Find a Tender

Contract terms

Electronic trading: e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Performance terms: The appointment to the contract will be subject to the preferred supplier demonstrating. that the minimum requirements specified in the selection questionnaire continue to be met and that there being no material adverse change to the standing of the supplier. The appointment will also be subject to all other necessary due diligence being carried out by the Authority. 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 and risk notes

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: 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 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: 7 Apr 2025, 15:00 BST
Submission channel: {"written"}
Accepted languages: en
Bids opened: 7 Apr 2025, 15:30 BST

Timeline

7 Apr 2025 → 6 Jul 2025 · 4 dates

Submission deadline
7 Apr 2025, 15:00 BST
Bids opened
7 Apr 2025, 15:30 BST
Notice published
4 Jun 2025, 17:15 BST
Bids must remain valid until
6 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender

Status changed to complete
4 Jun 2025, 17:15 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £200,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 41 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 15 May 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
This information is witheld for security reasonsSMEContract	£200,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract · This information is witheld for security reasonsSME
Signed
15 May 2025
Value
£200,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic · 1 from abroad	1	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department of Justice

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Castle Buildings, Stormont Estate, BELFAST, UK, BT4 3SGContact email Published organisation website ↗

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 Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

This information is witheld for security reasonsAwarded supplier Belfat, UKContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria