Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Creative Services
Authority: Nottingham Trent University (Education)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Framework for the Provision of Creative Services, the roster of professional creatives that will have both print and digital expertise and the capabilities of delivering the scope of creative services across all mediums. University’s creative requirements will cover differing media and mixed complexity, which will be of varied length, involvement and of financial value.
Lot 1: Campaign, Brand and Creative Strategy
Lot 2: Graphic Design Services
- Recurrence: 4 years
CPV: Advertising campaign services · Graphic design services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 13 suppliers · 17 bids on the busiest of 2 lots (1.3 per place) · 6 appointed
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Campaign, Brand and Creative StrategyAwardedRenewalPublished value£791,667
The Framework for the Provision of Creative Services, the University is seeking to appoint a roster of professional creatives that will have both print and digital expertise and the capabilities of delivering the scope of creative services across all mediums. University’s creative requirements will cover differing media and mixed complexity, which will be of varied length, involvement and of financial value. The roster of Suppliers awarded onto the Framework shall share their expertise with NTU Marketing, the wider University, and with other Suppliers on the Framework, for a strong working partnership and delivering more improved and efficient creative services. The Suppliers shall be proficient in the use of and have relevant licences for Adobe Creative Cloud.
The University is seeking to identify and appoint a roster of Suppliers on the Framework Agreement; the description below outlines the scope of requirements for each of the Lots on the Framework .
Lot 1: Campaign, Brand and Creative Strategy:-
To lead on the supply of strategy and brand development, creative campaigns for all online and offline channels.
End-to-end 360 creative campaign delivery; from constructing a project brief and providing a creative solution.
Delivery of photography and videography capture and editing services as required for the delivery of a 360 creative campaign. Additional information: Framework agreement awarded for 2 years plus 2 x 12 month extensions.
Lot #2Graphic Design ServicesAwardedRenewalPublished value£625,000
The Framework for the Provision of Creative Services, the University is seeking to appoint a roster of professional creatives that will have both print and digital expertise and the capabilities of delivering the scope of creative services across all mediums. University’s creative requirements will cover differing media and mixed complexity, which will be of varied length, involvement and of financial value. The roster of Suppliers awarded onto the Framework shall share their expertise with NTU Marketing, the wider University, and with other Suppliers on the Framework, for a strong working partnership and delivering more improved and efficient creative services. The Suppliers shall be proficient in the use of and have relevant licences for Adobe Creative Cloud.
The University is seeking to identify and appoint a roster of Suppliers on the Framework Agreement; the description below outlines the scope of requirements for each of the Lots on the Framework .
Lot 2: Graphic Design Services:-
Supply of standalone graphic design across all mediums providing animation, illustrations, photo, video, copy editing, creating new artwork and editing existing artwork based on NTU’s brand guidelines and brief.
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 (3)
- Technical Capability: 45%
- Service Delivery: 15%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical Capability: 45%
- Service Delivery: 15%
- Price: 40%
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Provision of Creative Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 13 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted 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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- 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 · 4 years
- First published
- 5 Jul 2024, 11:49 BST
- Last source update
- 1 May 2025, 11:21 BST
- Authority reference
NTU/24/2532/OK- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-018326- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-047afbFind a Tender
Publisher note: Lot 1 - Big Brand Ideas, Open Agency and Waterfall Manchester. Lot 2 - AGNA T/A AlphaGraphics, Stocks Taylor Benson and We Are One Studio TA One Studio.
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=83420&B=NTU ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 9 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 60 days from the deadline
Timeline
9 Aug 2024 → 1 May 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown9 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected27 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST
- Notice published1 May 2025, 11:21 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete1 May 2025, 11:21 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast6 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 3 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £791,667, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Provision of Creative Services
- Signed
- 1 May 2025
- Value
- £625,000
- Status
- active
Provision of Creative Services
- Signed
- 1 May 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Provision of Creative Services
- Signed
- 1 May 2025
- Value
- £625,000
- Status
- active
Provision of Creative Services
- Signed
- 1 May 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Provision of Creative Services
- Signed
- 1 May 2025
- Value
- £625,000
- Status
- active
Provision of Creative Services
- Signed
- 1 May 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Campaign, Brand and Creative Strategy | 17bids · 17 electronic | 17 | — | — |
| 2 · Graphic Design Services | 17bids · 17 electronic | 17 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview bodyReview contact point
- The Royal Courts of JusticeMediation body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
6 commercial parties on the notice- AGNE Ltd t/a AlphagraphicsFramework contractor
- Big Brand Ideas LimitedFramework contractor
- One StudioFramework contractor
- Open AgencyFramework contractor
- Stocks Taylor Benson LimitedFramework contractor
- Waterfall Manchester LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria