Official UK procurement notice
Media Planning and Buying Services
Authority: University of Sunderland (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAwarded The University of Sunderland and its subsidiaries would like to invite tenders to provide planning, sourcing and purchasing of media, using different media channels for its student recruitment and brand awareness campaigns and other advertising requirements, including B2B media buying.Working with the University of Sunderland and its subsidiaries commencing approximately April 2022, the tender is for a period of 3 years’ with the option to extend for 2 years’ in 12 monthly increments. The overall contract value is estimated at GBP £3 million over 5 years’ (the maximum contract length) i.e. GBP £600,000 per annum (excluding VAT where applicable) - note there are no guarantees on spend levels. We also reserve the right to spend an additional 100% of the original anticipated budget, subject to changes to requirements across the University, for the duration of the award, and purchase some elements of local media directly where we have existing contracts.
CPV: Advertising and marketing services · Advertising campaign services · Advertising consultancy services · Advertising management services · Advertising services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedThe University of Sunderland and its subsidiaries would like to invite tenders…AwardedPublished value£3,000,000
AwardedThe University of Sunderland and its subsidiaries would like to invite tenders to provide planning, sourcing and purchasing of media, using different media channels for its student recruitment and brand awareness campaigns and other advertising requirements, including B2B media buying.Working with the University of Sunderland and its subsidiaries commencing approximately April 2022, the tender is for a period of 3 years’ with the option to extend for 2 years’ in annual increments. The overall contract value is estimated at GBP £3 million over 5 years’ (the maximum contract length) i.e. GBP £600,000 per annum (excluding VAT where applicable) - note there are no guarantees on spend levels. We also reserve the right to spend an additional 100% of the original anticipated budget, subject to changes to requirements across the University, for the duration of the award, and purchase some elements of local media directly where we have existing contracts.Expressions of interest and tender documents are available via In-Tend in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofsunderla… ↗ closing date for return of tenders and documents is 12 noon - Monday 14th February 2022. Additional information: Any commissions under this contract or framework maybe subject to external funding from bodies such as DfE, Arts Council, Heritage Lottery Fund, LEP, etc and the successful suppliers will be expected to work with the University on any funding applications where appropriate. This list of funding bodies is not exhaustive
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 (2)
- Qualitative: 60%
- Costing: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Qualitative: 60%
- Costing: 40%
- 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- 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
- 13 Jan 2022, 11:03 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Apr 2022, 16:47 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 14 Feb 2022 – …
- Authority reference
UoS/Media Planning and Buying/1021- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-010320- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-030a76Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 14 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 14 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
14 Feb 2022 → 14 Jun 2022 · 4 dates- Submission deadline14 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened14 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published20 Apr 2022, 16:47 BST
- Bids must remain valid until14 Jun 2022, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete20 Apr 2022, 16:47 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| RH AdvertisingSMEMedia Planning & Buying Services | £3,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Media Planning & Buying Services · RH AdvertisingSME
- Signed
- 8 Apr 2022
- Value
- £3,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10bids · 10 electronic | 10 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- European UnionFunder
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- University of Sunderland, Legal Services, 4th Floor, Edinburgh BuildingMediation body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- RH Advertising LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria