Official UK procurement notice
Quality Meat Scotland - Provision of Consumer Social Media Services
Authority: QMS
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionQMS Seeks to appoint a Social Media agency to deliver consumer social media activity, enewsletters and influencer management.
- Recurrence: 16 weeks prior to current contract ending
CPV: Advertising and marketing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1QMS now seeks to appoint a consumer Social Media agency to deliver the ongoing social…AwardedRenewalPublished value£420,000
QMS now seeks to appoint a consumer Social Media agency to deliver the ongoing social and enewsletter strategy which will tie into wider campaigns but also use an always on strategy to consistently push out key brand messages. Ongoing activity will include but not be limited to:
Creation of a monthly content plan including ideation, content creation and execution
A boosting strategy for all content
Community management
Monthly social listening to monitor trends and shape content
eNewsletter send outs (currently one per month)
Regular reporting on all activity
Additional campaign activity could include:
Campaign amplification activity when required eg. additional paid advertising, content creation, etc.
In addition, QMS requires its Social Media agency to manage an ongoing Grassroot Influencers program, as a front line between the influencers and QMS with a remit covering:
Ongoing relations with QMS’s community of ‘steakholders’
Outreach and liaison with up to 10 influencers per month to execute content for QMS
Idea generation of monthly tasks for the influencers.
Organisation of product send outs using QMS preapproved suppliers e.g. butchers
Monitoring and reporting of all activity.
To help QMS achieve the above, we require an agency who can prepare and present high quality, clear, concise and cost-effective activation of social media strategies and work in partnership with QMS’ Marketing and Communication team to ensure the best possible outcome for our three industry brands: Scotch Beef PGI, Scotch Lamb PGI and Specially Selected Pork whilst keeping our brand essence of Meat with Integrity at the heart of our communications.
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 approach and account management: 25
- Agency capacity and agility: 25
- price: 20
- Response to the brief: strategic direction for the consumer social media channels, enewsletter and influencer activity: 50
Published award criteria (4)
- Response to the brief: strategic direction for the consumer social media channels, enewsletter and influencer activity: 50
- Agency approach and account management: 25
- Agency capacity and agility: 25
- 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
- 3 Mar 2021, 17:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 8 Jun 2021, 15:35 BST
- Authority reference
QMS/ITT/CONSUMERSOCIALMEDIASERVICES/2021- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-012840- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02981aFind 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:656647)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Submission deadline
- 2 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
Timeline
2 Apr 2021 → 8 Jun 2021 · 3 dates- Submission deadline2 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected9 Apr 2021, 00:00 BST
- Notice published8 Jun 2021, 15:35 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete8 Jun 2021, 15:35 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine CommunuicationsSME | £420,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 012840-2021-1 · Sunshine CommunuicationsSME
- Signed
- 3 Jun 2021
- Value
- £420,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 0 electronic | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Sunshine CommunuicationsAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria