Official UK procurement notice
Integrated Communication/RES/PRO/2025 · UK public procurement notice
Authority: OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Open University (OU) is seeking a supplier of integrated communication (Public Relations) services to support the organisation Marketing and Communications teams under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 Restricted Procedure.
CPV: Public relations services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Open University is seeking a supplier of integrated communication (Public…Renewal
The Open University is seeking a supplier of integrated communication (Public Relations) services to support the organisations Marketing and Communications teams.The restricted procurement procedure under the terms of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 requires potential bidders to complete a Standard Supplier Selection Questionnaire in the first instance. The five (5) highest scoring bidders will be invited to the invitation to tender stage. The contract is for an initial period of two (2) years and may be extended by the OU by two further twelve (12) month periods up to a maximum of four years in total. Further details are contained in the procurement documents, via the URL link detailed in this notice.
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).
- “Integrated Communication/RES/PRO/2025” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 3 Feb 2025, 15:44 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Feb 2025, 15:36 GMT
- Authority reference
2025/S 000-003498- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-004008- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04db17Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- electronic ordering · electronic payment
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 5 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
6 Feb 2025 → 5 Mar 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published6 Feb 2025, 15:36 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown5 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (2 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextII.1.5 | £3,4000.00 | £2,000,000 | |
| — | TextII.1.5 | £3,4000.00 | £2,000,000 |
2 amendments published without a description.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria