Official UK procurement notice
PR Media Relations and Crisis Management Support Services
Authority: Raven Housing Trust Ltd (Housing)
Raven Housing Trust is seeking to appoint an experienced and proactive PR and communications agency to work in partnership with its in-house Marketing and Communications Team. The successful provider will act as a strategic communications partner, delivering high-quality PR, media relations, reputation management and crisis communications support to help strengthen Raven's profile, protect its reputation and support its wider organisational objectives. The successful bidder will operate as an extension of Raven's Marketing and Communications Team and will be expected to develop collaborative, long-term working relationships with key stakeholders.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionRaven Housing Trust is seeking to appoint an experienced and proactive PR and communications agency to work in partnership with its in-house Marketing and Communications Team. The successful provider will act as a strategic communications partner, delivering high-quality PR, media relations, reputation management and crisis communications support to help strengthen Raven's profile, protect its reputation and support its wider organisational objectives.
The appointed agency will provide strategic PR and reputation management support, proactive and reactive media relations, horizon scanning, thought leadership opportunities, crisis communications (including 24/7 support), media training for senior leaders, and ongoing performance reporting and strategic advice.
Raven is seeking a provider that can demonstrate a strong understanding of the social housing sector, provide challenge and independent insight, identify opportunities proactively, and offer trusted advice when sensitive or fast-moving issues arise. The successful bidder will operate as an extension of Raven's Marketing and Communications Team and will be expected to develop collaborative, long-term working relationships with key stakeholders.
The contract will commence on 31 March 2027 and will be awarded for an initial period of 2 years, with the option to extend for a further 2 years at Raven's discretion.
Interested suppliers should register and submit their tender responses via the In-Tend Portal in accordance with the procurement documentation provided.
CPV: Public relations consultancy services · Public relations management services · Public relations services
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat it takes to wini
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
Lot awarding rule: Award based on MEAT criteria: Quality (50%), Social Value (10%) and Price (40%). Quality evaluation will assess the bidder’s capability to provide strategic PR, media relations and crisis communications services in line with the specification, with price and social value assessed against the submitted tender response.
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £107,852 (twice the annual value).
Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Raven Housing Trust Ltd buys Business and management consultancy services (CPV 7941), and who usually turns up
Raven Housing Trust Ltd has little published record in this market. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Business and management consultancy services (CPV 7941) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Across this market, small firms won 77% of awards with a known supplier size.
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in South East England (authority’s region).
Across this market, 23% of winners were registered in the delivery region.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 45 days of the bid deadline.
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The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Across this market, at least 45% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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1 bid4%
2–339%
4–617%
7+39%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Below estimate36%
Within ±2%41%
Above estimate23%
Assess each lot i
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 7941Published estimate£108k
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
1 bid7%
2–312%
4–631%
7+50%
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Based on 20 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
Middle 50%£92k–£108k
Estimate£108k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £657k2 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 1 live · £96k i | 42% below n=3 | |
| £636k5 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 1 live · £70k i | no comparable pairs | |
| £612k7 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 3 live · £31k i | no comparable pairs | |
| £425k2 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 1 live · £65k i | at estimate n=2 | |
| £79k1 award in 36m · last 12 months ago | 1 live · £79k i | at estimate n=1 |
About this data
- Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
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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
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Nov 2026, 15:12 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Nov 2026, 15:12 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-108106- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07bbe3Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via In-tend- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 5 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
13 Nov 2026 → 31 Mar 2027 · 3 dates- Tender notice publishedjust passed13 Nov 2026, 15:12 GMT
- Today13 Nov 2026
- Submission deadlinein 53 days5 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 137 days31 Mar 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published13 Nov 2026, 15:12 GMTUK4
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender