Official UK procurement notice
Marketing & Sales Framework
Authority: The Guinness Partnership (Public body)
What is being bought16 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionGuinness are committed to providing as many high-quality homes as possible and to playing a significant part in tackling the country’s housing crisis. By March 2030 we aim to complete over 8,000 new homes; 7,000 of which will be affordable.
As a Strategic Partner of both Homes England and the Greater London Authority, we have grant funding that will enable many of these homes to be affordable homes. We also build homes for sale, both outright and as Shared Ownership. We are growing our land development pipeline to make it happen and have funding immediately available. Our strong financial position and track record means we confidently expect to invest over £2bn in the coming years.
To support our vision, we require a framework of agencies to provide a range of marketing and sales services to support the promotion and sale of these properties over a four year period. The requirements are split into the following lots:
Lot 1: Design & Creative Agency
Lot 2: PR Agency
Lot 3: Media Buying & Management
Lot 4: Show Homes & Marketing Suites - Residential
Lot 5: Marketing Suite – Non-Residential
Lot 6: Model Makers
Lot 7: 3D & CGI
Lot 8: Signage and Hoarding
Lot 9a: Estate Agency
Lot 9b: Valuations
Lot 10a: Landscaping - North
Lot 10b: Landscaping - London & South East
Lot 10c: Landscaping - South West
Lot 11a: Cleaning & Inspection Services - North
Lot 11b: Cleaning & Inspection Services - London & South East
Lot 11c: Cleaning & Inspection Services - South West
CPV: Accommodation, building and window cleaning services · Advertising and marketing services · Advertising campaign services · Advertising consultancy services · Advertising management services · Architectural design services · Design-modelling services · Landscaping work · Marketing services · Public relations services · Real estate agency services on a fee or contract basis · Real estate services · +2 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 10 bids on the busiest of 12 lots · 34 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (16)Procurement structure
16 lots · no lot values published · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Design & Creative AgencyAwarded North East, North West +7
Lot 1 - Design & Creative Agency: The required services will vary for each development but at a minimum, there will be a requirement to provide a brand identity (logo, colour palette, key messaging/strapline) and development name . Further branding works (to be specified) may include brochure production (including floorplans / plot locators), the creation and design of all advert artwork, hoarding & signage design, HTML email design & build, as well as external marketing event ideation. Some projects (of which will be specified), may also require photography, video filming & production (inc. model hiring & management), website / landing page design, build & hosting, and branded merchandise creation (inc. print and delivery).
Lot #2PR AgencyAwarded North East, North West +7
Lot 2 - PR Agency: The required services will vary for each development but could include producing PR strategies, proposing appropriate social media influencers and bloggers to work with, contacting relevant online and offline publications on behalf of the Contracting Authority, driving media coverage, working with the Contracting Authority to select and write case studies of successful completions & other key duties as required.
Lot #3Media Buying & ManagementAwarded North East, North West +7
Lot 3 - Media Buying & Management: Media consultancy and media booking to support the Contracting Authority’s Shared Ownership and/or Private Sale development pipeline. The expectation is that the supplier will conduct audience research into the local market, identify target audiences in relation to the development and income restrictions and provide a media planning and buying strategy that supports their proposed media schedule for the Contracting Authority’s development.
Lot #4Show Homes & Marketing Suites - ResidentialAwarded North East, North West +7
Lot 4 - Show Homes & Marketing Suites - Residential: Provision of design services in relation to Show Homes and/or residential Marketing Suites for housing developments to assist in selling Shared Ownership and/or Private Sale units ahead of practical completion and/or post-completion. For each show home the following will be required: a concept presentation accurately relating to the defined target audience, a mood board, internal layout with customer journey considerations, design concept (inclusive of internal designs, proposed style of fixtures, furnishings & finishing, and gardens/balconies considerations – if specified), supply & installation, interior fit out of unit (including electrics / carpentry when required), detailed cost breakdown (materials, equipment, labour) and timescale for order.
Lot #5Marketing Suite – Non-ResidentialAwarded North East, North West +7
Lot 5 - Marketing Suite – Non-Residential: The provision of marketing suite design and fit out services for non-residential or off-site marketing suites to serve as a core sales base for the Contracting Authority to sell Shared Ownership and/or Market sale units ahead of practical completion. The services will include consultation, solution management, feasibility reports, planning, installation (in some cases, additional Build & Construction requirements) and interior design services.
Lot #6Model MakersAwarded North East, North West +7
Lot 6 - Model Makers: The design and production of residential property 3D architectural models that contextualises the development or project for the Contracting Authority to communicate to customers, providing a physical and aesthetically pleasing perspective to aid the selling of Shared Ownership and/or Market Sale units ahead of practical completion. Works should consider the Contracting Authority’s brief as well as styling, lighting, shading, traffic, pedestrianisation, landscaping, facilities, surrounding landscape (buildings, parks, rivers etc), lifestyle and other details to bring the Contracting Authority’s requirements to life.
Lot #73D & CGIAwarded North East, North West +7
Lot 7 - 3D & CGI: The production of creative imagery and visual content for use in marketing campaigns and design reviews including producing 3D visualisation, CGI video/imagery, animation, concept design artwork, creative direction, and virtual reality.
Lot #8Signage & HoardingAwarded North East, North West +7
Lot 8 - Signage and Hoarding: The production, design and installation of signage and/or hoarding on the Contracting Authority’s designated sites to assist in the sale of Shared Ownership and/or market sale units ahead of practical completion.
Lot #9Landscaping - NorthCancelled North East, North West +3
Lot 10a - Landscaping - North: To provide landscaping services at new developments in the
North of England of Shared Ownership and/or Market Sale to assist the Contracting Authority in maintaining a quality on-site appearance to all stakeholders. The supplier will be expected to offer Landscaping services to ensure the Contracting Authority’s show homes and / or marketing suites at new developments are enhanced from a planting and greenery perspective as well as ensuring any existing on-site greenery or landscaping within the development is well presented and maintained. This service includes but is not limited to: bespoke one-off residential projects, exterior planting within and around residential building developments, hard landscaping, interior landscaping, landscape design & creation, soft landscaping, roof gardens & living walls, play areas; as well as grounds maintenance, arboriculture & street cleansing.
Lot #10Landscaping - London & South EastCancelled East of England, London +1
Lot 10b - Landscaping - London & South East: To provide landscaping services at new developments in London and the South East of England of Shared Ownership and/or Market Sale to assist the Contracting Authority in maintaining a quality on-site appearance to all stakeholders. The supplier will be expected to offer Landscaping services to ensure the Contracting Authority’s show homes and / or marketing suites at new developments are enhanced from a planting and greenery perspective as well as ensuring any existing on-site greenery or landscaping within the development is well presented and maintained. This service includes but is not limited to: bespoke one-off residential projects, exterior planting within and around residential building developments, hard landscaping, interior landscaping, landscape design & creation, soft landscaping, roof gardens & living walls, play areas; as well as grounds maintenance, arboriculture & street cleansing.
Lot #11Landscaping - South WestCancelled South West
Lot 10c - Landscaping - South West: To provide landscaping services at new developments in
the South West of England of Shared Ownership and/or Market Sale to assist the Contracting Authority in maintaining a quality on-site appearance to all stakeholders. The supplier will be expected to offer Landscaping services to ensure the Contracting Authority’s show homes and / or marketing suites at new developments are enhanced from a planting and greenery perspective as well as ensuring any existing on-site greenery or landscaping within the development is well presented and maintained. This service includes but is not limited to: bespoke one-off residential projects, exterior planting within and around residential building developments, hard landscaping, interior landscaping, landscape design & creation, soft landscaping, roof gardens & living walls, play areas; as well as grounds maintenance, arboriculture & street cleansing.
Lot #12Cleaning & Inspection Services - NorthCancelled North East, North West +3
Lot 11a - Cleaning & Inspection Services - North: to provide cleaning and inspection services to maintain a quality appearance to prospective buyers and other stakeholders for show homes, marketing suites, void plots and sparkle cleans on handover of our properties in the North of England. The supplier will be expected to check appliances are working and perform a test of all white goods. The supplier is required to flush or run through of taps and toilets. Where a property has an external garden, a grounds service will be required.
Lot #13Cleaning & Inspection Services - London & South EastAwarded East of England, London +1
Lot 11b - Cleaning & Inspection Services - London & South East: to provide cleaning and inspection services to maintain a quality appearance to prospective buyers and other stakeholders for show homes, marketing suites, void plots and sparkle cleans on handover of our properties in London and the South East of England. The supplier will be expected to check appliances are working and perform a test of all white goods. The supplier is required to flush or run through of taps and toilets. Where a property has an external garden, a grounds service will be required.
Lot #14Cleaning & Inspection Services - South WestAwarded South West
Lot 11c - Cleaning & Inspection Services - South West: to provide cleaning and inspection services to maintain a quality appearance to prospective buyers and other stakeholders for show homes, marketing suites, void plots and sparkle cleans on handover of our properties in the South West of England. The supplier will be expected to check appliances are working and perform a test of all white goods. The supplier is required to flush or run through of taps and toilets. Where a property has an external garden, a grounds service will be required.
Lot #15Estate AgencyAwarded North East, North West +7
Lot 9a - Estate Agency: Services to include the development of a sales strategy to secure further enquiries, make viewing appointments, reservations and ultimately sales of the Contracting Authority’s Shared Ownership and/or Private Sale developments. Services to be delivered in tandem with any marketing campaigns from the Contracting Authority.
Lot #16ValuationsAwarded North East, North West +7
Lot 9b - Valuations: To provide Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyor (RICS) accredited valuations on both Market Sale and Shared Ownership properties across the Contracting Authority’s new developments.
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
4 more lots publish their own split on the notice.
- Price carries 30–40 points depending on the lot; most lots put it at 40 points.
- “Marketing & Sales Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
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
- Restricted 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
- 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
- 4 Oct 2023, 15:20 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Jul 2024, 11:38 BST
- Authority reference
DN650924- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-020554- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0407f2Find a Tender
Publisher note: This framework is being procured by the Guinness Partnership Ltd., a registered Charitable Community Benefit Society registered number 031693R, whose registered office is at 30 Brock Street, Regent's Place, London, NW1 3FG (“Guinness”). This framework is being procured by Guinness for and on behalf of the following entities (“Other Users”) who will all be entitled to conclude contracts based on this framework agreement: • Any and all subsidiaries and entities within Guinness’ group of societies and companies (“the Guinness Group”), including but not limited to: o The Guinness Partnership Ltd. (Company No: IP031693R) o City Response Ltd., Trading As Guinness Property (Company No: 04471280) o Guinness Care and Support Ltd. (Company No: IP30337R) o Guinness Developments Limited (Company No: 04175094) o The Guinness Housing Association Limited (Company No: IP17017R) o Guinness Homes Limited (Company No: 05710006) o Guinness Platform Limited (Company No: 06411652) o Hallco 1397 Limited, Registration (Company No: 05998281); and o Any existing and future entities which are contracting authorities within the Group; • Social housing providers in the UK (both those that are in existence now and those that may be in existence in the future) – ‘Social Housing Provider’ for this purpose means any provider of social housing and includes, without limitation, registered providers which are listed on the regulator of social housing website and ALMOs and local authorities with retained social housing; and • Any wholly owned subsidiaries of any of the above organisations which are contracting authorities. Other Users (save for those within The Guinness Group) must enter into a Joining Agreement with Guinness before they conclude contracts under the framework agreement. Potential tenderers should note that Guinness does not guarantee any specific volume of work under this framework arrangement either from itself or Other Users. Guinness reserves the right to abandon this procurement at any time. Guinness shall not, under any circumstances, be responsible for bidders tendering costs or any other costs or losses arising from such abandonment. For further information regarding this tender please review the documents attached to the tender opportunity, or contact Guinness’ Procurement Team via their tender portal. Free and unfettered access is available at https://procontract.due-north.com/.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 8 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 270 days from the deadline
Timeline
8 Nov 2023 → 5 Jul 2024 · 2 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown8 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published5 Jul 2024, 11:38 BST
Notice history
2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Nov 2023- Deadline moved to 8 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT2 Nov 2023, 15:43 GMT+5 days · was 3 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Status changed to complete5 Jul 2024, 11:38 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineIV.2.2 | 3 Nov 2023 | 8 Nov 2023 | +5 d |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast48 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Cleaning & Inspection Services - London & South East
- Signed
- 19 Jun 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Cleaning & Inspection Services - South West
- Signed
- 19 Jun 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Cleaning & Inspection Services - London & South East
- Signed
- 19 Jun 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Design & Creative Agency
- Signed
- 6 Jun 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Media Buying & Management
- Signed
- 6 Jun 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Show Homes & Marketing Suites - Residential
- Signed
- 6 Jun 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Marketing Suite – Non-Residential
- Signed
- 6 Jun 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Model Makers
- Signed
- 6 Jun 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
3D & CGI
- Signed
- 6 Jun 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Signage & Hoarding
- Signed
- 6 Jun 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Estate Agency
- Signed
- 6 Jun 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Valuations
- Signed
- 6 Jun 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
PR Agency
- Signed
- 6 Jun 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Media Buying & Management
- Signed
- 6 Jun 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Show Homes & Marketing Suites - Residential
- Signed
- 6 Jun 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Design & Creative Agency
- Signed
- 6 Jun 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Marketing Suite – Non-Residential
- Signed
- 6 Jun 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Model Makers
- Signed
- 6 Jun 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
3D & CGI
- Signed
- 6 Jun 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Signage & Hoarding
- Signed
- 6 Jun 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Design & Creative Agency | 10bids | 7 | — | £1 – £3,456,000 |
| 2 · PR Agency | 7bids | — | — | £1 – £1,728,000 |
| 3 · Media Buying & Management | 6bids | — | — | £1 – £6,775,424 |
| 4 · Show Homes & Marketing Suites - Residential | 5bids | — | — | £1 – £3,636,000 |
| 5 · Marketing Suite – Non-Residential | 4bids | — | — | £1 – £3,636,000 |
| 6 · Model Makers | 4bids | — | — | £1 – £1,344,000 |
| 7 · 3D & CGI | 5bids | — | — | £1 – £4,688,000 |
| 8 · Signage & Hoarding | 4bids | — | — | £1 – £1,792,000 |
| 13 · Cleaning & Inspection Services - London & South East | 2bids | — | — | £1 – £3,200,000 |
| 14 · Cleaning & Inspection Services - South West | 1bids | — | — | £1 – £800,000 |
| 15 · Estate Agency | 8bids | — | — | £1 – £4,560,000 |
| 16 · Valuations | 3bids | — | — | £1 – £2,400,000 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £1 – £38,555,424 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Public Procurement Review Service, Cabinet OfficeReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
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- Dapa Atelier LtdFramework contractor
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Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria