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Published 25 Jul 2025, 09:42 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of an Integrated Marketing Campaign for Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council

Official notice

Authority: Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Printed matter and related products (22)Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Published estimate£102,000,000≈ £102m / year · £102,000,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 20 Aug 2025awarded 23 Sept 2025
Awarded to ANDERSON SPRATT GROUP LTD
Contract term 1 yrends 16 Sept 2026 · up to 16 Sept 2028 with extensions · starts 17 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Tender for the delivery of a creative Integrated Marketing Campaign

(IMC) for Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council, for a maximum of 3 years.

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 31 May 2028, 23:59 BST.

CPV: Advertising and marketing services · Advertising campaign services · Advertising material · Advertising services · Marketing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 1 yrPublished value£102,000,000
Contract period: 17 Sept 2025 – 16 Sept 2026 (1 yr) · up to 16 Sept 2028 with extensionsValue: £102,000,000 exc. VAT · £102,000,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: initial period of 1 year with the option to extend by a further 2 periods of 1 year each
22462000 Advertising material79340000 Advertising and marketing services79341000 Advertising services79341400 Advertising campaign services79342000 Marketing services

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: 75%Price: 20%Social value: 5%
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • • Proposed Approach: 45%
  • Understanding of Brief: 15%
  • Project Team Experience: 15%
  • Cost: 20%
  • Social Values: 5%
Published award criteria (5)
  • • Proposed Approach
  • Understanding of Brief
  • Project Team Experience
  • Social Values
  • Cost
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · next expected 31 May 2028
First published
25 Jul 2025, 09:42 BST
Last source update
12 Nov 2025, 10:15 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 1 Sept 2025
Authority reference
T25/26-023
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-043012
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Advertising and marketing servicesAdvertising campaign servicesAdvertising materialAdvertising servicesMarketing services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056601 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Submission deadline
20 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Clarification deadline
13 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

etendersni.gov.uk ↗

Timeline

25 Jul 2025 → 12 Nov 2025 · 9 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    25 Jul 2025, 09:42 BST
  2. Tender notice published
    25 Jul 2025, 09:58 BST
  3. Clarification questions by
    13 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Submission deadline
    20 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Award decision expected by
    1 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  6. Contract starts
    17 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
  7. Assessment summaries sent395 days ago
    23 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
  8. Standstill ends385 days ago
    2 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  9. Latest notice published344 days ago
    12 Nov 2025, 10:15 GMT

Notice history

10 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Jul 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    25 Jul 2025, 09:42 BST
    UK2
  2. Tender notice published
    25 Jul 2025, 09:58 BST
    UK4
  3. Published value updated
    25 Jul 2025, 09:58 BST
  4. Status changed to active
    25 Jul 2025, 09:58 BST
  5. Procurement method changed
    25 Jul 2025, 09:58 BST
  6. Deadline published: 20 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
    25 Jul 2025, 09:58 BST
  7. Contract award notice published
    23 Sept 2025, 13:59 BST
    UK6
  8. Status changed to complete
    23 Sept 2025, 13:59 BST
  9. Contract signature expected
    3 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  10. Contract details notice published
    12 Nov 2025, 10:15 GMT
    UK7
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-07: 1 release · 25 Jul 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £1,020,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 44 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 15 Oct 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ANDERSON SPRATT GROUP LTDSMETender for the Provision of an Integrated Marketing Campaign for Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council3 Oct 2025 – 2 Oct 2026 · up to 2 Oct 2028Extensions: Award will initially be for a period of 12 months with the option to extend for a further 2 years (1+1+1) (October 2025 - September 2028) subject to satisfactory performance.£1,020,000 inc. VAT23 Sept 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Provision of an Integrated Marketing Campaign for Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council · ANDERSON SPRATT GROUP LTDSME

    Signed
    15 Oct 2025
    Value
    £1,020,000 inc. VAT
    Period
    15 Oct 2025 – 14 Oct 2027 · up to 14 Oct 2028 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    1year+1+1
    3 agreed KPIs: 6.1 · 6.2 · 6.3
    • 6.1, To achieve advertising awareness amongst survey respondents of greater than industry norm
    • 6.2, To expect as a minimum that 5% of the Northern Ireland population, in a representative sample, have seen campaign marketing as a direct result.
    • 6.3, To achieve a 5.6% per annum, increase in tourism revenue into the area as a result of the Integrated Marketing Campaign.

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4final-stage tenders40—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PHHT-5875-NTNM Lagan Valley Island, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, BT27 4RLContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • ANDERSON SPRATT GROUP LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: NI026707GB-PPON: PDZV-2668-CBJR Anderson House, 409 Holywood Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT4 2GUContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure