Official UK procurement notice
THE PROVISION OF MARKETING SERVICES MULTI-LOT FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT
Authority: Glasgow Life (Culture & Sport Glasgow)
What is being bought8 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Provision of Marketing Services Multi-Lot Framework Agreement.
CPV: Marketing services
Lots and requirements (8)Procurement structure
8 lots · no lot values published · a supplier may bid for at most 8 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Creative Concept and Design ServicesAwardedRenewal
The Provision of Marketing Services Multi-Lot Framework Agreement. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Lot #2Marketing Consultancy ServicesAwardedRenewal
The Provision of Marketing Services Multi-Lot Framework Agreement. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from the competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulation 2015.
Lot #3PR and CommunicationsAwardedRenewal
The Provision of Marketing Services Multi-Lot Framework Agreement. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Lot #4Market Research ServicesAwardedRenewal
The Provision of Marketing Services Multi-Lot Framework Agreement. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from the competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulation 2015.
Lot #5Digital Marketing ServicesAwardedRenewal
The Provision of Marketing Services Multi-Lot Framework Agreement. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from the competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulation 2015.
Lot #6Videography ServicesAwardedRenewal
The Provision of Marketing Services Multi-Lot Framework Agreement. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from the competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulation 2015.
Lot #7Photography ServicesAwardedRenewal
The Provision of Marketing Services Multi-Lot Framework Agreement. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from the competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulation 2015.
Lot #8Supply and Delivery of Promotional ItemsAwardedRenewal
The Provision of Marketing Services Multi-Lot Framework Agreement. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
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)
- Quality: 55
- Price: 45
- Economic & financial standing
Bidders must comply with the undernoted financial requirements to participate in the tendering process: -
There is a minimum financial requirement that affects trading performance, and balance sheet strength.
Financial requirements for trading performance and balance sheet strength should be calculated on latest filed accounts with Companies House.
Other legal entities (Sole Traders) must comply with the undernoted company financial requirements and provide the necessary documentary evidence.
Trading Performance
An overall positive outcome on pre-tax profits over a 3-year period.
Exceptional items can be excluded from the calculation.
The above would be expressed in the ratio Pre-Tax Profit/Turnover.
Balance Sheet strength
Net worth of the bidder must be positive at the time of evaluation and organisation must not be subject to an insolvency process.
Intangibles can be included for purposes of the Total Assets figure.
The above would be expressed in the ratio Total Assets/Total Liabilities.
Bidders that are only required to file abbreviated accounts, must submit full sets of accounts for the last two individual years filed, in order for the three-year profitability requirement to be verified.
A bidder should have no outstanding issues, with regard to statutory filing requirements with Companies House.
Bidders who have been trading for less than the 3 years noted above must provide of a Group, can provide a Parent Guarantee if the Parent company satisfies the financial require…
Minimum: Bidders are required to hold, or commit to obtaining prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below: Employers (Compulsory) Liability Insurance GBP 10 million Public Liability Insurance GBP 5 million Product Liabi… - Technical & professional ability
Bidders are required to provide two examples within the last three years which demonstrate your organisation’s experience in delivering marketing services of a similar nature, scale, and complexity to those required under the Lot(s) to which you are bidding for.
Each example must include the following:
A description of the services provided
The objectives and target audience of the campaign(s)
The methods or channels used (e.g., digital, print, PR, events)
Outcomes achieved, including any measurable impacts (e.g., engagement, reach, ROI)
Dates and client name(s) (public or private sector)
Assessment Method: Pass/Fail
To pass, the bidder must provide two clearly relevant examples demonstrating satisfactory delivery of marketing services in line with the above requirements.
Bidders who fail to provide sufficient detail, or whose examples do not demonstrate relevant and comparable experience, will be marked as Fail and excluded from further consideration.
Bidders who fail to meet the Technical and Professional Ability shall not proceed to the Award Criteria stage.
Each example must not exceed one A4 page.
- Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 55 of 100: the paper moves it further than the discount.
- “THE PROVISION OF MARKETING SERVICES MULTI-LOT FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 22 Dec 2025, 12:42 GMT
- Last source update
- 2 Sept 2026, 13:47 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 6 Feb 2026 – …
- Authority reference
CSG006330- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-083066- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05fb7eFind a Tender
Publisher note: Re SPD Questions 4D.1, 4D1.1, 4D1.2, 4D2, 4D2.1 and 4D2.2 bidders must hold the certificates or comply with the questions noted in SPD 4D attached at https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=19621 Freedom of Information Act - Information on the FOI Act is contained in Appendix A of the ITT. Applicants must note the implications of this legislation and ensure that any information they wish Glasgow Life to consider withholding is specifically indicated on the FOI Certificate contained in the buyers attachments area within the PCS Tender portal (NB Glasgow Life does not bind itself to withhold this information). Tenderers Amendments - The tenderer must enter any clause, condition, amendment to specification or any other qualification he may wish to make conditional to this offer. Buyers will be required to complete the tenderers amendment certificate contained in the buyers attachment area within PCS Tender portal. Prompt Payment - The successful tenderer shall, as a condition of being awarded the tender, be required to demonstrate to Glasgow Life’s satisfaction that all funds due to the tenderer's permitted sub-contractors in respect of these works are paid timeously and that as a minimum invoices rendered by subcontractors shall (unless formally disputed by the tenderer) be paid within 30 days of receipt. The successful tenderer shall also impose this condition on its subcontractors in respect of payments due to any sub-sub-contractors, if any. Buyers will be required to complete the prompt payment certificate contained in the buyers attachment area within PCS Tender portal. Bidders will be required to complete the Non-Collusion certificate contained in the buyers attachments area within the PCS Tender portal Terms and Conditions are located within Section 3 of the ITT document. https://www.sdpscotland.co.uk/ The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 30654. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 (SC Ref:840600)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 6 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 6 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
6 Feb 2026 → 2 Sept 2026 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period ends258 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown6 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened258 days ago6 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until136 days ago8 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Notice published50 days ago2 Sept 2026, 13:47 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete2 Sept 2026, 13:47 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast8 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 8 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £3,535,032, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Creative Concept and Design Services
- Signed
- 22 Jul 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Marketing Consultancy Services
- Signed
- 22 Jul 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
PR and Communications
- Signed
- 22 Jul 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Market Research Services
- Signed
- 22 Jul 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Digital Marketing Services
- Signed
- 22 Jul 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Videography Services
- Signed
- 22 Jul 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Photography Services
- Signed
- 22 Jul 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Supply and Delivery of Promotional Items
- Signed
- 22 Jul 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Creative Concept and Design Services | 20bids · 20 electronic | 20 | — | — |
| 2 · Marketing Consultancy Services | 7bids · 7 electronic | 7 | — | — |
| 3 · PR and Communications | 8bids · 8 electronic | 8 | — | — |
| 4 · Market Research Services | 6bids · 6 electronic | 6 | — | — |
| 5 · Digital Marketing Services | 7bids · 7 electronic | 7 | — | — |
| 6 · Videography Services | 7bids · 7 electronic | 7 | — | — |
| 7 · Photography Services | 7bids · 7 electronic | 7 | — | — |
| 8 · Supply and Delivery of Promotional Items | 2bids · 2 electronic | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Glasgow Sheriff Court and Justice of Peace CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
22 commercial parties on the notice- 3x1Framework contractor
- APS Group (Scotland) LtdFramework contractor
- Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of CommerceFramework contractor
- Allwag Promotions LtdFramework contractor
- Bright Digital Marketing LTD (Bright Signals)Framework contractor
- Corrie Campbell CommunicationsFramework contractor
- Eat Drink Film LtdFramework contractor
- Eoin Carey PhotographerFramework contractor
- Flourish Marketing LtdFramework contractor
- Jump ResearchFramework contractor
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- Leith Creative Agency Ltd (T/A Leith Agency)Framework contractor
- MaguiresFramework contractor
- McAteer Photograph LtdFramework contractor
- Muckle MediaFramework contractor
- Nicola JeffsFramework contractor
- Public Sector MediaFramework contractor
- SNS GroupFramework contractor
- Social Ant LtdFramework contractor
- Solo Films Production LimitedFramework contractor
- TayloredFramework contractor
- Union DirectFramework contractor
- media co-opFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.