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Published 3 Apr 2023, 12:27 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Media Buying and Channel Strategy Planning Service 2024 - 2027

Official notice

Authority: English Heritage

ServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£13,125,000≈ £2.6m / year1% below published estimate
Submissions closed 2 May 2023awarded 1 Dec 2023
Awarded to McCann Erickson Central Ltd (UM Birmingham)
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Mar 2029 · starts 1 Apr 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

English Heritage is looking to procure a media buying and channel planning to provide expertise and direct support in the channel planning and buying of media to help achieve 6.5m total visitors from 2024 with an increase annually;The appointed agency will need to provide the following services:1. Channel neutral, through the line, marketing channel strategy planning and media buying for English Heritage sites and events at local, regional and national level.2. Optimisation, Evaluation and reporting 3. Account management

CPV: Advertising services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded 5 yrs
Contract period: 1 Apr 2024 – 31 Mar 2029 (5 yrs)
Delivery: North East, North West, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, South East, South West · On behalf of English Heritage at local, regional and national level.
Second stage: up to 5 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed

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: 65%Price: 35%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 65
  • Price: 35
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 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
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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
3 Apr 2023, 12:27 BST
Last source update
1 Dec 2023, 15:56 GMT
Authority reference
P/REF EH 00001945
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-035544
Classification (CPV)
Advertising services
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b827 Find a Tender

Publisher note: Please note the awarded value includes value of media spend - in addition to service provision - across the maximum contract duration for this agreement.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
2 May 2023, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

2 May 2023 → 1 Apr 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    2 May 2023, 17:00 BST
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    9 May 2023, 00:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    1 Dec 2023, 15:56 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    1 Dec 2023, 15:56 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £13,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Dec 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
McCann Erickson Central Ltd (UM Birmingham)Media Buying and Channel Planning Strategy Service——Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

English Heritage

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawRecreation, culture and religion The Engine House, Firefly Avenue, Swindon, South West, SN2 2EHContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

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