Official UK procurement notice
Strategic Communications partner · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Scottish National Investment Bank
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Bank has a requirement to place a contract with a strategic communications partner. The work is required to help to continue to build awareness and reputation of the Bank, develop and create new strategic relationships, deliver reactive and proactive on-going communication support and monitoring support.
CPV: Public relations services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Bank is setting up a contract for strategic and reactive Public Relations workAwarded
The Bank is setting up a contract for strategic and reactive Public Relations work. We require a strategic communications partner to manage reactive crisis communication as well as developing strategic relationships, embedding strategic planning and pro-active communications management
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 (5)
- Risks: 10%
- Presentation: 15%
- Delivery team: 25%
- Delivery methodology: 30%
- price: 20%
Published award criteria (5)
- Risks: 10
- Presentation: 15
- Delivery team: 25
- Delivery methodology: 30
- Price: 20
- Economic & financial standing
Professional Indemnity Insurance 1 million GBP
Employers Liability Insurance 5 million GBP
- Technical & professional ability
Please provide three relevant examples of supplies and/or services carried out during the last three years. These examples should demonstrate strategic communications partner experience in the Financial sector, crisis management, experience with a development Bank or impact investor or a start up financial services organization.
Minimum: Pass - Three relevent examples provided demonstrating strategic partner experience in either the financial sector, crisis management, a development bank or an impact investor start up financial services organisation. Fail - Failure to provide relevant examples of work undertaken …
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 20 of 100 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
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 6 Oct 2023, 12:47 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Feb 2024, 16:34 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 9 Nov 2023 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-003596- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040896Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: As part of the award process we will have a scored presentation. Only those bidders who have an opportunity to win the contract will be invited to the presentations. Those who are not invited to present will be informed at that stage of the process and provided with feedback. We will then infom those bidders who the successful bidder was after completion of the final scoring process. (SC Ref:756430)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Nov 2023, 13:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 9 Nov 2023, 14:00 GMT
Timeline
9 Nov 2023 → 2 Feb 2024 · 3 dates- Submission deadline9 Nov 2023, 13:00 GMT
- Bids opened9 Nov 2023, 14:00 GMT
- Notice published2 Feb 2024, 16:34 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete2 Feb 2024, 16:34 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Street PartnersSME | £360,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 003596-2024-1 · Charlotte Street PartnersSME
- Signed
- 26 Jan 2024
- Value
- £360,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9bids · 9 electronic · 9 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Charlotte Street PartnersAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.