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Published 14 Feb 2025, 11:54 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

QUB/2743/25 Graphic Design Services

Official notice

Authority: Queen's University Belfast (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN06)

Awarded value£500,000published contract · exc. VAT

Submissions closed 18 Mar 2025awarded 24 Jun 2025

Awarded to Darragh Neely Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University wishes to appoint an agency for the provision of Graphic design services to provide operational support to the Queen’s Global creative design team, and Faculty student recruitment hubs delivering creative design solutions aimed at a wide range of audiences including prospective and current students, staff and industry partners, for use across multiple platforms.

Recurrence: 54 months (if applicable)

CPV: Graphic design services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1AwardedRenewal

Delivery: Northern Ireland · Belfast

Extensions: The contract is for an initial period of 1 year with options to extend by up to a further 48 months · The renewal may be commence in 54 months if all extension options are exercisedVariant bids: not allowed

79822500 Graphic design services

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: 60%Price: 40%

Published sub-criteria (2)

Technical: 60%
price: 40%

Published award criteria (2)

Technical: 60
Price: 40

Conditions of participation1

Suitability
Please refer to tender documents

Staff: Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted

What this means for your bid

Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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: Yes · 54 months (if applicable)
First published: 14 Feb 2025, 11:54 GMT
Last source update: 24 Jun 2025, 11:46 BST
Award evaluation window: 18 Mar 2025 – …
Authority reference: QUB/2743/25
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-034673
Classification (CPV): Graphic design services
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04e1cb Find a Tender

Review and risk notes

Review procedure: This authority will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to Tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.The Public Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: portal not identified

Language: EN

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.in-tendhost.com/queensuniversitybelfast/aspx/Home ↗

Submission deadline: 18 Mar 2025, 16:00 GMT
Submission channel: {"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages: en
Bids opened: 18 Mar 2025, 16:15 GMT

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.in-tendhost.com/queensuniversitybelf… ↗

Timeline

18 Mar 2025 → 24 Jun 2025 · 3 dates

Submission deadline
18 Mar 2025, 16:00 GMT
Bids opened
18 Mar 2025, 16:15 GMT
Notice published
24 Jun 2025, 11:46 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender

Status changed to complete
24 Jun 2025, 11:46 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £500,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 88 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 24 Jun 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Darragh Neely LtdSMEGraphic Design Services	£500,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Graphic Design Services · Darragh Neely LtdSME
Signed
24 Jun 2025
Value
£500,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
8bids · 8 electronic	8	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Queen's University Belfast

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Purchasing Office, University Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT7 1NNContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Darragh Neely LtdAwarded supplier 2 May Avenue, Bangor, Northern IrelandContact email, phone

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