Official UK procurement notice
Invitation to Tender for the Provision of PR and Media Management Services
Authority: Orkney Islands Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe provision of PR and media management to support key sectors and companies of growth to market their products and services through a jointly funded Orkney Marketing programme.
CPV: Portfolio management services · Public relations services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Orkney Islands Council (OIC) and Highlands & Islands Enterprise (HIE) work in…AwardedRenewalPublished value£184,000
Orkney Islands Council (OIC) and Highlands & Islands Enterprise (HIE) work in partnership to support key sectors and companies of growth to market their products and services through the jointly funded Orkney Marketing programme. For the purposes of this contract OIC will act as the contracting authority while HIE will be the lead contact for the management of the contract.
Submissions are invited from contractors who can provide a PR and media management service. The contract will initially be for 2 years (1 April 2024 to 31 March 2026) with a further 2 x 12 months subject to availability of budgets. There will also be a break clause at Year 1 will will only be applied if funding for year 2 becomes unavailable - Contractors will be advised of any changes by 24 December 2024.
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 (3)
- Methodology: 40%
- Project Delivery: 50%
- price: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
- Methodology: 40
- Project Delivery: 50
- Fair Work Practices: 0
- Price: 10
- Suitability
The relevant selection criteria will be included in the SPD Scotland module.
- Economic & financial standing
The relevant selection criteria will be included in the SPD Scotland module.
- Technical & professional ability
The relevant selection criteria will be included in the SPD Scotland module.
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. 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
- 5 Feb 2024, 16:47 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Jun 2024, 08:52 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 7 Mar 2024 – …
- Authority reference
OIC/PROC/1859- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-018106- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-043754Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: Orkney Islands Council reserves the right to cancel the procurement at any stage and not award a Contract the expenditure, work or effort undertaken by bidders prior to the award of any Contract is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of bidders. Late tenders will not be considered by the Council and all questions are to be submitted via the Questions and Answers section of this contract advertisement on PCS. An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session. Tenderers should complete the SPD (Scotland) contained within the SPD Module attached to this notice. (SC Ref:767544)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 7 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 7 Mar 2024, 14:00 GMT
Timeline
7 Mar 2024 → 12 Jun 2024 · 4 dates- Submission deadline7 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened7 Mar 2024, 14:00 GMT
- Contract starts1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST
- Notice published12 Jun 2024, 08:52 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete12 Jun 2024, 08:52 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Flanagan MediaSME | £182,800 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 018106-2024-OIC/PROC/1859-1 · David Flanagan MediaSME
- Signed
- 23 Apr 2024
- Value
- £182,800
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic | 4 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Highlands and Islands EnterpriseContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriffs CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- David Flanagan MediaAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.