Official UK procurement notice
Provision of a test and lean Digital Programmatic Campaign
Authority: National Employment Savings Trust (NEST)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract is awarded for Nest Scheme, which is used for managing members contributions into the scheme, providing valuations of member’s pension pots within the scheme, and paying member’s benefits out of the scheme (including the transfer of funds into and out of member’s other pension pots)
CPV: Advertising campaign services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Contract is awarded to undertake a test and learn campaign approach to understand…AwardedRenewal
The Contract is awarded to undertake a test and learn campaign approach to understand how programmatic digital advertising can best be used to reach our members online and drive specific actions from them.
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 (2)
- Quality & Technical: 75%
- Cost: 25%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality & Technical: 75%
- Cost: 25%
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 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
- 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
- 16 Feb 2024, 16:27 GMT
- Last source update
- 16 Dec 2024, 07:41 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 28 Mar 2024 – …
- Authority reference
TEN 2425 001- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-040365- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-043ae4Find a Tender
- Review procedure
The contracting authority will operate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers to provide time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
Unsuccessful tenderers shall be notified by the contracting authority as soon as possible after the decision is made as to the reasons why they were unsuccessful.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 28 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 28 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
28 Mar 2024 → 16 Dec 2024 · 3 dates- Submission deadline28 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened28 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published16 Dec 2024, 07:41 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete23 Oct 2024, 11:37 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Westminster Bank PLCProvision of Nest Scheme Banking Services | £2,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
| The Kite FactoryDigital Media Services for a test and learn Programmatic Campaign | £340,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Digital Media Services for a test and learn Programmatic Campaign · The Kite Factory
- Signed
- 28 Nov 2024
- Value
- £340,000
- Status
- active
Provision of Nest Scheme Banking Services · National Westminster Bank PLC
- Signed
- 9 Oct 2024
- Value
- £2,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- National Westminster Bank PlcAwarded supplier
- The Kite FactoryAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.