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Published 7 Oct 2024, 15:53 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Marketing Campaigns Services

Official notice

Authority: Intellectual Property Office (Central government)

ServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£833,333exc. VAT
Submissions closed 8 Nov 2024awarded 11 Apr 2025
Awarded to Lansons Communications Holdings Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This tender is for the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) to establish a long-term agency partnership for marketing campaigns strategy and delivery.<br/><br/>The supplier will primarily be tasked with developing and delivering the IPO’s campaigns in circumstances where there is a lack of internal expertise and/or capacity, either partially or in full.

CPV: Marketing management consultancy services · Marketing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The supplier will primarily be tasked with developing and delivering the IPO’s…AwardedRenewalPublished value£833,333

The supplier will primarily be tasked with developing and delivering the IPO’s campaigns in circumstances where there is a lack of internal expertise and/or capacity, either partially or in full. The primary services to be performed within this contract will be to successfully deliver complete behavioural campaigns for consumer and education. These may vary from campaign to campaign but typically include:<br/><br/>Strategy development: working with IPO teams to understand and shape the campaign objective, audience and strategy.<br/><br/>Market research: the capability or ability to outsource quick surveys that can help shape campaigns or PR angle.<br/><br/>Creative: graphic design, copywriting and photography. The IPO has its own in-house creative team. We have more than 20 staff covering a range of specialisms and we would encourage collaboration. <br/><br/>Digital channel marketing: if appropriate developing and delivering digital marketing tactics including, but not exhaustive social media marketing & influencers, pay per click, email and content marketing that will help us to achieve the objective and reach our target audience.<br/><br/>Campaign Management: Working with named IPO team / individual to oversee the execution of the campaign, monitor performance and make adjustments to ensure that the campaign delivers against its objective.<br/> <br/>Campaign Evaluation & Analytics: conduct ongoing tracking and analysing KPI’s and providing refinements to ensure delivery. Each campaign will require a full campaign evaluation on completion.<br/><br/>Public Relations: Manage media and press releases and liaison on specific campaigns. The IPO’s press function can provide support to the successful supplier, and we would strongly encourage collaboration between both teams. <br/><br/>Events: if appropriate to the campaign and budget, management and delivery of events and outreach activity.<br/><br/>N.B. The above is a non-exhaustive list and the IPO might require the supplier to provide other/additional services with are reasonably performed within the marketing campaign sector.<br/><br/>The contract has not been split into lots as the primary purpose is build a long-term relationship where savings are achieved via the consistency of one supplier. <br/>This contract does not guarantee any work, but will be the main call-off for all marketing type services. <br/>The Restricted Tender Procedure was followed. This procedure ensures that only suitable suppliers will be shortlisted for competition to appoint a supplier on a MEAT (Most Economically Advantageous Tender) basis.

Delivery: Wales · Concept House, Cardiff Road, Newport NP10 8QQ
Extensions: Potential for the contract to be extended for a further 1+1 years.Second stage: 5–null candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed

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: 90%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Written: 70%
  • Presentation: 20%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
  • Written: 70%
  • Social Value: 10%
  • Presentation: 20%
  • Cost: 0%

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
7 Oct 2024, 15:53 BST
Last source update
9 May 2025, 10:49 BST
Authority reference
C3413
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-019974
Classification (CPV)
Marketing management consultancy servicesMarketing services
Delivery area
Wales (UKL21)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04a677 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account PER buying organisation portal · password resets come "from Salesforce.com" (check spam)
Submission deadline
8 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

8 Nov 2024 → 9 May 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    8 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    22 Nov 2024
  3. Notice published
    9 May 2025, 10:49 BST

Notice history

2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Oct 2024
  1. Deadline moved to 8 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
    10 Oct 2024, 14:25 BST
    +1 days · was 7 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
  2. Status changed to complete
    9 May 2025, 10:49 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineIV.2.2.17 Nov 20248 Nov 2024+1 d
—TextII.1.5.1833,333.001,433,330.00

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Bids received 8
Contracts signed 1latest 11 Apr 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lansons Communications Holdings LimitedSME——Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
The supplier will primarily be tasked with developing and delivering the IPO’s…8bids——£1 – £833,333
Whole notice———£1 – £833,333

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Intellectual Property Office

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawEconomic affairs Concept House, Cardiff Road, Newport, Wales, NP10 8QQContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria