Official UK procurement notice
PKC14158 Copywriting and Content Services
Authority: Perth & Kinross Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPerth and Kinross Council are looking for an experienced copywriter to undertake work through Perth and Kinross Council.
We require an agency with significant experience in writing engaging copy for a business and investor audience, with a particular focus on inward investment.
- Recurrence: Prior to the end of this contract ending.
CPV: Advertising and marketing services · Publishing services · Writing agency services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Perth and Kinross Council are seeking to appoint suitably qualified and experienced…RenewalPublished value£260,000
Perth and Kinross Council are seeking to appoint suitably qualified and experienced copywriter to undertake work through Perth and Kinross Council.
We require an agency with significant experience in writing engaging copy for a business and investor audience, with a particular focus on inward investment.
Requirements include copywriting and content management of the Invest in Perth brand, including the Invest in Perth website, monthly business bulletin delivered through Mailchimp, the design and copy writing of the annual publication of the Invest in Perth magazine and flexibility to deliver adhoc work. Additional information: Estimated value of the contract includes the extension period.
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: 70
- Price: 30
- Economic & financial standing
4B.4 The Bidder will be required to state the values for the following for the last two financial years:
- Current Ratio (Current Assets divided by Current Liabilities)
- Net Assets (Net Worth) (value per the Balance Sheet)
4B.5.1 The Bidder must confirm they already have, or can commit to obtain, prior to commencement of the contract:
Professional Indemnity Insurance
Employer’s Liability Insurance
Public Liability Insurance
Minimum: 4B.4 Financial Ratios The acceptable range is: 1. Current Ratio - it is expected that the ratio is equal to or greater than 1, i.e. Current Assets will equal or exceed Current Liabilities for both years. Reasons for not meeting the required test to be disclosed by tenderers toget… - Technical & professional ability
4C.1.2 Bidders will be required to provide three examples of how they have delivered a similar service within the last three years.
4C.10 Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract.
4D.1 Quality Management Procedures
4D.1 Health & Safety Procedures
4D.1 Environmental Management Standards
Minimum: 4C.1.2 Bidders will be required to provide three examples of comparable contracts delivered within the last three years, including client, scope , outputs and outcomes 4C.10 Bidders will be required to confirm what proportion of the contract they intend to subcontract. 4D.1 Quali…
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “PKC14158 Copywriting and Content Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Perth & Kinross Council buys Artistic and literary creation and interpretation services (CPV 9231), and who usually turns up
Perth & Kinross Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Artistic and literary creation and interpretation services (CPV 9231) →
How the contest usually goes
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Scotland.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 75 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid7% / 12%
2–315% / 17%
4–630% / 26%
7+48% / 45%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1Perth and Kinross Council are seeking to appoint suitably qualified and experienced…CPV 9231Published estimate£260k
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 42 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid12%
2–317%
4–626%
7+45%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
No supplier with a record in this category fits this lot yet.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the match score are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
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
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use the vehicle
- 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
- Yes · Prior to the end of this contract ending.
- First published
- 15 Oct 2026, 09:05 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Oct 2026, 09:05 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 30 Nov 2026 – …
- Authority reference
PKC14158- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-097263- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078813Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 32861. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Community benefits are included in this requirement, more information on community benefits can be found in the instructions for tenderers document. (SC Ref:845733)
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via Public Contracts Scotland- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Appointment period ends
- 30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
15 Oct 2026 → 30 Nov 2026 · 3 dates- Notice published1 day ago15 Oct 2026, 09:05 BST
- Today16 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsin 45 days · period end, not a bid countdown30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Bids openedin 45 days30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Perth Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice; the tender pack is on the portal.