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# Strategic Communications

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/strategic-communications-ocds-h6vhtk-051366). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** BORDER TO COAST PENSIONS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED: "Strategic Communications". Published status: complete. Published Value: £560,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 7 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [BORDER TO COAST PENSIONS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/border-to-coast-pensions-partnership-limited-GB-COH-10795539)
- **Published Value:** £560,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 7 July 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Public relations consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £560,000 (inc. VAT; no net value published, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 6 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/strategic-communications-ocds-h6vhtk-051366#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-051366`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/strategic-communications-ocds-h6vhtk-051366#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FLogin%2FIndex%3FReturnUrl%3D%252fLogin%252fLogoutConfirmation)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/strategic-communications-ocds-h6vhtk-051366#participate

## Description
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership is seeking a corporate communications agency to work with its Policy & Communications team. The appointed agency will act as a day-to-day extension of Border to Coast's team, helping it evolve its long-term  communications strategy, spot and navigate issues that might affect the organisation or its partners, and carry out communications and public affairs activity and stakeholder engagement.
The selected agency will ideally know the asset management and LGPS ecosystem and understand how regulatory, political and societal factors might impact our business. It will have experience engaging with a wide range of stakeholders and have excellent communications and thought leadership capabilities in both national and trade media (financial and business). 22 tenders were received and 3 suppliers were shortlisted to the final stage.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79416200

- **Estimated Value:** £560,000

- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2025 to 30/09/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Strategic Communications (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Apella Advisors Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:11664779`
  - Value: £560,000 (inc. VAT)
  - Date: 15/09/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Strategic Communications (active)
  - Signed Value: £463,598
  - Signed Date: 06/11/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F034952-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-11-06T11:02:44.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T02:35:20.054Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-051366