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# Public Relations and Communication Services for the Northern Ireland Further Education Sector

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/public-relations-and-communication-services-for-the-northern-ireland-further-education-sec-ocds-h6vhtk-029a1b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** FE - Southern Regional College: "Public Relations and Communication Services for the Northern Ireland Further Education Sector". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [FE - Southern Regional College](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/fe-southern-regional-college-GB-FTS-40117)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, Public relations consultancy services, Public relations management services, Public relations services
- **Delivery Location:** UKN
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £240,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-029a1b`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/public-relations-and-communication-services-for-the-northern-ireland-further-education-sec-ocds-h6vhtk-029a1b#tl-md)

## Description
NI Further Education Colleges wishes to appoint a Contractor to deliver Public Relations (PR) and Communications Services. This Specification relates to work undertaken by the six regional colleges as a collective group under the direction of the NI FE Colleges’ Principals Group. In addition, individual college’s specific communications and PR activities will also be included. It is anticipated that this Contract will commence in January 2021 for a duration of two years. There will be the option to extend the Contract for three further periods of one year each.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79416000, 79416100, 79416200
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Description:** NI Further Education Colleges wishes to appoint a Contractor to deliver Public Relations (PR) and Communications Services. This Specification relates to work undertaken by the six regional colleges as a collective group under the direction of the NI ...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Contract (active)
  - Award id: `004778-2021-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **BROWN O'CONNOR COMMUNICATIONS LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-65832`
  - Value: £240,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Contract (active)
  - Signed Value: £240,000
  - Signed Date: 05/03/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F004778-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-03-10T08:56:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T16:44:37.456Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-029a1b