Official UK procurement notice
South West Smokefree Communications Campaign
Authority: North Somerset Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Council has appointed an agency to deliver a regional mass-media smoking cessation campaign including the creation and ongoing maintenance of a regional programme website. The primary goal of the campaign is to increase the number of smokers making quit attempts across the South West, with a particular focus on the people with the most entrenched smoking behaviours living in areas affected by deprivation.
CPV: Advertising campaign services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£212,000
- Economic & financial standing
Please see tender documents
- Technical & professional ability
Please see tender documents
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 award criteria (2)
- Price: Please see tender documents
- Quality: Please see tender document
- Economic & financial standing
Please see tender documents
- Technical & professional ability
Please see tender documents
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Feb 2026, 16:23 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 May 2026, 15:36 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 11 May 2026
- Authority reference
NSC-0661-26- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-021961- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064e4cFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
Please see attached tender documents for further information.
- Risks
Please see attached tender documents for further information.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 13 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 25 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
11 Feb 2026 → 27 May 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published253 days ago11 Feb 2026, 16:23 GMT
- Market engagement240 days ago24 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
North Somerset Council is hosting an online engagement event on Wednesday 25th February 2026, at 10am.
If your organisation is interested in attending please email the NSC Procurement Team mailbox: [email protected] with the email addresses of the attendees and a link will be sent out by the end of 24/02/26.
All information delivered and discussed at the event will also be uploaded to the Supplying the South West Portal after the event for those that were unable to attend.
- Next notice expected227 days ago9 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published225 days ago11 Mar 2026, 16:18 GMT
- Clarification questions by211 days ago25 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline192 days ago13 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent170 days ago6 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by164 days ago11 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Standstill ends157 days ago18 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts151 days ago25 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published148 days ago27 May 2026, 15:36 BST
Notice history
10 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Feb 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published11 Feb 2026, 16:23 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published11 Mar 2026, 16:18 GMTUK4
- Published value updated to £212,00011 Mar 2026, 16:18 GMTwas £176,600
- Status changed to active11 Mar 2026, 16:18 GMT
- Procurement method changed11 Mar 2026, 16:18 GMT
- Deadline published: 13 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST11 Mar 2026, 16:18 GMT
- Contract award notice published7 May 2026, 09:19 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete7 May 2026, 09:19 BST
- Contract signature expected20 May 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published27 May 2026, 15:36 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-02: 1 release · 11 Feb 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIMPLE MEDIA AND ADVERTISING LTDSME25 May 2026 – 31 Oct 2027 | £212,000 | 5 May 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · SIMPLE MEDIA AND ADVERTISING LTDSME
- Signed
- 19 May 2026
- Value
- £212,000
- Period
- 20 May 2026 – 27 Oct 2027
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: We did not use KPI's as we are using key deliverables/milestones for this contract as we felt it was more appropriate due to the contract value and length.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7final-stage tenders · 12 at stage one | 7 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SIMPLE MEDIA AND ADVERTISING LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender