Official UK procurement notice
Visual Identity and Photography Development for the Business Enterprise Hub
Authority: UHI Moray
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUHI Moray invites proposals from suitably qualified and experienced companies to develop a comprehensive brand and visual identity and supporting assets for the Hub including comprehensive brand guidelines.
CPV: Advertising and marketing services · Design consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1UHI Moray invites proposals from suitably qualified and experienced companies to develop a comprehensive brand and visual identity and supporting assets for the Hub including...
- Variant bids
- not allowed
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 (9)
- Team Expertise and Relevant Experience — 10%
- Brand Development Methodology and Stakeholder Engagement — 10%
- Accessibility, Inclusivity and Brand Application — 7%
- Creativity, Design Quality and Brand Differentiation — 10%
- Brand Assets, Implementation and Knowledge Transfer) — 7%
- Project Management, Communication and Risk Management — 7%
- Fair Work Practices — 5%
- Presentation — 14%
- price — 30%
Published award criteria (9)
- Team Expertise and Relevant Experience — 10
- Brand Development Methodology and Stakeholder Engagement — 10
- Accessibility, Inclusivity and Brand Application — 7
- Creativity, Design Quality and Brand Differentiation — 10
- Brand Assets, Implementation and Knowledge Transfer) — 7
- Project Management, Communication and Risk Management — 7
- Fair Work Practices — 5
- Presentation — 14
- price — 30
- SuitabilityNo specific requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers apply. Bidders must be legally established and capable of providing the services described within the contract.
- Economic & financial standing
Insurance Bidders must confirm they can provide the following supporting evidence prior to award: Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 5,000,000 GBP on an each and every claim basis Public Liability Insurance = 5,000,000 GBP on an each and every more…
claim basis Professional Liability Insurance of not less that 1,000,000 GBP on an each and every claim basis Accounts The following evidence will be requested with tender submissions in order to conduct analysis of organisation’s financial standing. Contractors are required to submit 2 years audited accounts including profit and loss statements, or equivalent. Where audited accounts are unavailable, Tenderers must provide a signed financial statement outlining the current financial standing of the business and demonstrating its capacity to deliver the Contract. This should include details of annual turnover, financial resources, and confirmation that adequate funds are available to support contract delivery.Minimum: Information provided will be assessed on a Pass/Fail basis, where: Pass = meets requirements as stated in Contract Notice Fail = does not meet requirements as stated in Contract Notice
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
Business and management consultancy services (CPV 7941) in Scotland — and who usually turns up
UHI Moray has too little published record in this market to describe on its own; the Scotland market stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Business and management consultancy services (CPV 7941) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
UHI Moray
no contract notices in Business and management consultancy services (CPV 7941) in 36 months — its record across all categories, 24 months
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Nothing published for this buyer in this sector: no bid reports published.
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Nothing published for this buyer in this sector: no bid reports published.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Nothing published for this buyer in this sector: no comparable estimate → award pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Nothing published for this buyer in this sector: no award dates published.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 4 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Nothing published for this buyer in this sector: no notices in this market.
Scotland · Business and management consultancy services (CPV 7941)
contract notices delivered in Scotland in 36 months: 77 in CPV 7941 (66 competed, 5 route not published) · 554 in division 79 (413 competed, 62 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7941), last 36 months: 43 lots. All 43 lots are from older notices, which count bids received.
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7941), last 36 months: 43 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7941), last 36 months: 25 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 79), last 36 months: 7 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7941), last 36 months: 42 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 7941), last 36 months: 33 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.
We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.
No estimate in pounds on this notice, so the movement stays a percentage.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
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
- Open for tender
- 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
- 30 Sept 2026, 16:34 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Sept 2026, 16:34 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 2 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT — …
- Authority reference
CS-MC–45461- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077e07
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
- The successful contractor will be required to deliver the services in accordance with the contract specification and terms and conditions. The contractor must maintain appropriate insurance, comply with all applicable legislation, including data protection requirements, and ensure that intellectual property rights in the deliverables are transferred to or made fully available to the contracting authority in accordance with the contract.
Publisher note: This requirement is funded by the Moray Growth Deal, in association with the UK Government and Scottish Government. Summary of Documentation to be submitted as part of Tender Submission Appendix A – Form of Tender Appendix B – Freedom of Information Appendix C – Terms and Conditions Appendix D – Supply Chain Code of Conduct Appendix E – Commercial Questionnaire Appendix F – Technical Questionnaire Appendix G – Conflict of Interest Appendix H – GDPR Vendor Data Processor Assurance Assessment NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=844403. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. (SC Ref:844403) Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=844403
How to participate & submission route
Submit via Public Contracts ScotlandTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Expression of interest (EOI)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 2 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 2 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
Timeline
4 published dates · Europe/London- Notice publishedearlier today30 Sept 2026, 16:34 BST
- Submission deadlinein 33 days2 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Bids openedin 33 days2 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 95 days4 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Elgin Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria