Official UK procurement notice
Quality Meat Scotland - Provision of Consumer Press Office Services
Authority: Quality Meat Scotland
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionQMS seeks to appoint an PR agency to provide a consumer press office function to ensure the best possible outcome for our three industry brands: Scotch Beef GI, Scotch Lamb GI and Specially Selected Pork.
- Recurrence: 16 weeks prior to current contract ending
CPV: Public relations services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£180,000
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 (4)
- Agency capacity and agility: 25
- Agency approach & account management: 25
- Response to brief: 50
- price: 20
Published award criteria (5)
- Agency capacity and agility: 25
- Agency approach & account management: 25
- Response to brief: 50
- Cyber Security: 0
- Price: 20
- Price carries 20 of 120 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 · 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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · 16 weeks prior to current contract ending
- First published
- 17 Jan 2024, 09:43 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Jun 2024, 15:33 BST
- Authority reference
QMS/ITT/PRESSOFFICE/2024- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-019461- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042dc5Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. (SC Ref:770503)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Submission deadline
- 19 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
Timeline
19 Feb 2024 → 25 Jun 2024 · 3 dates- Submission deadline19 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected21 Feb 2024
- Notice published25 Jun 2024, 15:33 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete25 Jun 2024, 15:33 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stripe CommunicationsSME | £180,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 019461-2024-1 · Stripe CommunicationsSME
- Signed
- 24 Jun 2024
- Value
- £180,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Stripe CommunicationsAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria