Find a TenderCancelled
Published 9 Jun 2023, 10:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Media Management Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Redress Scotland

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£300,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 31 Jul 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Supporting development and delivery of communications strategy and the operational approaches.

CPV: Public relations management services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Redress Scotland's requirement includes supporting development and delivery of…CancelledRenewalPublished value£300,000

Redress Scotland's requirement includes supporting development and delivery of communications strategy and the operational approaches. While this is a reasonably broad scope, the nature of the communications is such that it is complex and sensitive. The range of key stakeholders and the level of public interest mean that a sophisticated and high quality communications approach is needed with significant expertise and experience in similar and related areas.

Delivery: Scotland · Glasgow
Extensions: The Contract Period may be extended up to a maximum of 48 months after the initial period, at the sole discretion of Redress Scotland.Variant 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: 60%Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60
  • Price: 40
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
Cancelled
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
9 Jun 2023, 10:45 BST
Last source update
6 Feb 2024, 10:57 GMT
Award evaluation window
12 Jul 2023 – …
Authority reference
RSS-2022-20
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-003830
Classification (CPV)
Public relations management services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM82)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03d4f7 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: Tenderers must demonstrate their ability to work with an organisation facing similar challenges to Redress Scotland by clearly demonstrating expertise in working in complex and sensitive communications areas, particularly in relation to childhood abuse, historical abuse and the impact of trauma on children and adults. Tenderers must demonstrate their ability to support public bodies in working on communications collaboratively and constructively, while maintaining the public body’s independence, with the Tenderer being likely to have regular and direct contact with Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament on issues of media coverage relating to Redress Scotland. Tenderers shall have in force and shall require any sub-Contractor to have in force: (a) employer’s liability insurance in accordance with any legal requirements for the time being in force, and (b) public liability insurance for such sum and range of cover as the Supplier deems to be appropriate but covering at least all matters which are the subject of indemnities or compensation obligations under these Conditions in the sum of not less than 1 million GBP for any one incident and unlimited in total, unless otherwise agreed by the Purchaser in writing. (c) professional indemnity insurance for such sum and range of cover as the Supplier deems to be appropriate but covering at least all matters which are the subject of indemnities or compensation obligations under these Conditions in the sum of not less than 1 million GBP for any one incident and unlimited in total, unless otherwise agreed by the Purchaser in writing. Award Criteria Questions can be found in the ITT together with the weightings. Question scoring methodology for award criteria is outlined in Invitation to Tender. Tenderers must provide the completed Pricing Schedule as a separate document. Single Procurement Document will be scored on a pass/fail basis. Bidders must complete the SPD (Scotland) to demonstrate adherence to the exclusion and selection criteria for this procurement. If there are named subcontractors upon which the bidder will rely to meet the selection criteria, these named parties must complete and reattach the SPD Supplier Response Form attached to SPD questions 2C.1.1 and 2D.1.2. These parties must complete the first 3 sections of the SPD form, as well as any part of the Section 4 selection criteria that the main bidder will rely upon the parties to fulfil. If parties have not yet been identified, this information may be required at a later date. Redress Scotland reserves the right to request this information from relevant parties upon whom the main bidder will not rely to fulfil selection criteria. (SC Ref:757350)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ ↗

Submission deadline
31 Jul 2023, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
12 Jul 2023, 15:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

12 Jul 2023 → 6 Feb 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Bids opened
    12 Jul 2023, 15:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    31 Jul 2023, 15:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    6 Feb 2024, 10:57 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Jun 2023
  1. Deadline moved to 31 Jul 2023, 15:00 BST
    27 Jun 2023, 08:36 BST
    +19 days · was 12 Jul 2023, 15:00 BST
  2. Status changed to cancelled
    6 Feb 2024, 10:57 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.212 Jul 202331 Jul 2023+19 d
—Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.712 Jul 202331 Jul 2023+19 d

A new Price Schedule and a couple of minor changes in the Invitation to Tender document were introduced under Amendment Number 1 to the Invitation to Tender. All of which are not considered substantial changes. As a result of the main change, the Price Schedule, the Contracting Authority has extended the tender return date.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1

1 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Redress Scotland

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawSocial protection PO Box 27177, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 9NLContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Glasgow Sheriff Court & Justice of the Peace CourtReview body Glasgow

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.