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Published 7 Apr 2023, 18:01 BST

Official UK procurement notice

T1612 - Provision of an Advertising Placement Service

Official notice

Authority: Northern Ireland Housing Executive (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£1,300,000exc. VAT3.1% above published estimate
Submissions closed 9 May 2023awarded 19 Jun 2023
Awarded to ANDERSON SPRATT GROUP LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Housing Executive wishes to establish a Contract for the provision of an Advertising Placement Service. This will primarily consist of placing public notices within various media and providing advertising and related services to support Housing Executive external recruitment competitions. The Contractor will negotiate with media to agree a set of rates for classified and recruitment advertising which both maximise the Housing Executive’s position in the marketplace and deliver value for money.

CPV: Advertising and marketing services · Advertising campaign services · Advertising consultancy services · Advertising management services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£1,300,000
Extensions: The contract will be for an initial 36 month period Initial Contract Period with an option to extend for any period or periods up to and including 24 months.Variant 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: 50%Price: 50%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 50%
  • Cost: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 50
  • Cost: 50
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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
7 Apr 2023, 18:01 BST
Last source update
19 Jun 2023, 17:08 BST
Award evaluation window
9 May 2023 – …
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-017414
Classification (CPV)
Advertising and marketing servicesAdvertising campaign servicesAdvertising consultancy servicesAdvertising management services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03bd9d Find a Tender

Publisher note: Suppliers Instructions — How to Express Interest in this Invitation to Tender: Register your company on the etendersni website (this is only required once) and click on ‘View current opportunities’ to locate this invitation to tender. The Housing Executive reserves the right to abandon the competition at any time. Please refer to the tender documentation for further details. There is no guarantee that any agreement or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. No compensation etc. will be paid if a tender or resulting agreement is withdrawn and / or the procurement process stopped for any reason. Bidders should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
9 May 2023, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
9 May 2023, 15:30 BST

Timeline

9 May 2023 → 6 Sept 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    9 May 2023, 15:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    9 May 2023, 15:30 BST
  3. Notice published
    19 Jun 2023, 17:08 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    6 Sept 2023, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    19 Jun 2023, 15:58 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextAdditional Information · VI.3.1)—Following the open procedure advertised on Find a Tender notice 2023/S 000-010288, only one tender was received which was from Anderson Spratt Group Ltd. The tender was deemed to be unsuitable due to a failure to demonstrate the company’s relevant experience. The Authority then invoked the negotiated procedure without prior publication in accordance with Regulation 32 of the Public Contracts Regul…

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,340,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 19 Jun 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ANDERSON SPRATT GROUP LTDSMEContract£1,340,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Northern Ireland Housing Executive

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawHousing and community amenities 2 Adelaide Street, Belfast, UK, BT2 8BPContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of JusticeReview body BelfastContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria