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Published 11 Mar 2025, 14:06 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

NICE Comms Review Audit · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Central government)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£120,000£144,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 31 Mar 2025awarded 5 May 2025
Awarded to Charlesbye Limited2 awards
Contract term 3 moends 20 Aug 2025 · starts 19 May 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NICE is seeking a suitable supplier to provide a proactive messaging campaign and to review and strengthen our communications approach to enable ongoing proactive messaging.

CPV: Market research services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 3 moSMEPublished value£120,000
Contract period: 19 May 2025 – 20 Aug 2025 (3 mo)Value: £120,000 exc. VAT · £144,000 inc. VAT
Eligibility: SME eligible
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)1
  • Condition of participation

    see tender pack

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

Lot awarding rule: see tender pack

Conditions of participation1
  • Condition of participation

    see tender pack

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
11 Mar 2025, 14:06 GMT
Last source update
4 Feb 2026, 14:48 GMT
Authority reference
C361668
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-008744
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Market research services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04eb90 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated
Submission deadline
31 Mar 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
27 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗ Contract Ref C344239 Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at: Phone: 0800 9956035 E-mail: [email protected] Failure to Register and apply will result in your tender being rejected. The tender will open on the 11/03/2025 and the deadline is 31/03/2025

Timeline

11 Mar 2025 → 4 Feb 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    11 Mar 2025, 14:06 GMT
  2. Clarification questions by
    27 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Submission deadline
    31 Mar 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    19 May 2025, 00:00 BST
  5. Latest notice published264 days ago
    4 Feb 2026, 14:48 GMT

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Mar 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    11 Mar 2025, 14:06 GMT
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    5 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    5 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
  4. Contract signature expected
    5 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  5. Contract details notice published
    4 Feb 2026, 14:48 GMT
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £70,0001 award exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 111 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 11 May 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Charlesbye LimitedComms review audit6 Jun 2025 – 13 Aug 2025£70,0005 May 2025Awarded
Charlesbye Limited£70,000 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded

Contracts

  • NICE Comms Review Audit · Charlesbye Limited

    Signed
    11 May 2025
    Value
    £70,000
    Period
    12 May 2025 – 13 Aug 2025
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
11final-stage tenders10—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PHZT-4273-LJQD 3rd Floor, 3 Piccadilly Place, Manchester, North West, M1 3BNContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Charlesbye LimitedAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PWPH-9596-VPHL Nightingale House, 46-48 East Street, Epsom, Surrey, South East, KT17 1HQContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender