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Published 21 Jun 2021, 16:35 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Quality Meat Scotland - Provision of Creative Services

Official notice

Authority: Quality Meat Scotland

ServicesRestricted procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£540,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 21 Jul 2021awarded 29 Sept 2021
Awarded to Art Department (Aberdeen) Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

QMS seeks to appoint an agency on a monthly retainer to provide creative services to help support QMS meet its aim of providing quality collateral to external stakeholders to communicate a variety of key messages.

  • Recurrence: 16 weeks prior to current contract ending

CPV: Advertising and marketing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£540,000
Delivery: Scotland
Extensions: yearly for a maximum of 3 consecutive yearsSecond 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: 100Price: 20
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Response to creative brief ‘The Scotch Butchers Club’: 50
  • Agency approach and account management: 25
  • Agency capacity and agility: 25
  • price: 20
Published award criteria (4)
  • Response to creative brief ‘The Scotch Butchers Club’: 50
  • Agency approach and account management: 25
  • Agency capacity and agility: 25
  • Price: 20
What this means for your bid
  • 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
21 Jun 2021, 16:35 BST
Last source update
29 Sept 2021, 15:35 BST
Authority reference
QMS/ITT/CREATIVESERVICES/2021
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-024228
Classification (CPV)
Advertising and marketing services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM75)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02be78 Find a Tender
Contract terms
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:668682)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗

Submission deadline
21 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

21 Jul 2021 → 29 Sept 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    21 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    30 Jul 2021, 00:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    29 Sept 2021, 15:35 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    29 Sept 2021, 15:35 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £540,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 29 Sept 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Art Department (Aberdeen) LtdSME£540,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 0 electronic3——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Quality Meat Scotland

Contracting authorityNDPBresponsible for helping the Scottish red meat sector improve its efficiency and profitability The Rural Centre, West Mains, Ingliston, Scotland, EH28 8NZContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body Edinburgh

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