Official UK procurement notice
Creative Production Studio Overflow
Authority: National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) Corporation (Central government)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionWe're looking for creative services partners who will provide an overflow service to the existing Nest in-house creative studio over a four-year period. This is an extension of the existing internal creative services team providing execution for Nest communications, campaigns and brand activities.
- How the procedure runs: Stage 1 Tender responses evaluated Stage 2 Down selected suppliers for each Lot will be invited for a presentation stage
- No preliminary market engagement: a recent tender exercise for very similar services was terminated due to an internal review.At the point of termination there were 93 suppliers who had registered an interest on this basis it was considered that there was a wide ranging number of suppliers likely to be interested
CPV: Document creation, drawing, imaging, scheduling and productivity software development services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
- Places
- up to 4 suppliers · 3 bids on the busiest of 2 lots (0.8 per place) · 1 appointed
- Framework period
- 3 yrs 11 mo from 30 Mar 2026
Published description of the framework
The framework has 2 lots with one main supplier and a reserve supplier per lot.Work wil only be awarded to the reserve suppiler if the main supplier does not have the capacity to deliver the requirement in the required timescales
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1PowerPoint and Microsoft OfficeAwardedPublished value£160,000
The source published no individual description for this lot.
Lot #2Content and designAwardedPublished value£800,000
The source published no individual description for this lot.
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)
- Experience: 40%
- quality: 25%
- Account Management: 15%
- Price: 15%
- Social Value: 5%
Published award criteria (5)
- Experience: Evidence of experience and team skills in support of the Lot requirements with biographies and previous client work
- quality: A key example of work you’ve done for another client with similar needs to Nest, which demonstrates the impact of the quality of work you do.
- Account Management: Your step-by-step workflow process with clients, and resource allocation. Is there a tried and tested approach from brief to delivery that you follow
- Social Value: Please detail your understanding of social value and indicate whether you have a social value policy or programme in place. Please also give details of schemes currently in place within your organisation that positively impact the social, economic and environmental well-being of the areas in which they operate.
- Price: daily and hourly rates
- Price carries 15 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Creative Production Studio Overflow” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 4 suppliers, not a single contract, and call-offs are awarded directly: getting appointed is the whole game.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Dec 2025, 15:20 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 May 2026, 15:33 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 20 Feb 2026
- Authority reference
TEN-256-027- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-080261- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05eff7Find a Tender
- How it runs
Stage 1 Tender responses evaluated
Stage 2 Down selected suppliers for each Lot will be invited for a presentation stage
- Risks
Nest creative studio overflow work is not fully capable of being calculated as the studio work is driven by demand . Our organisation is going through period of change . Consequently there may be a significant increase in volume and the estimated value of the framework may be need to be increased
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 23 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 19 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
5 Dec 2025 → 22 May 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published325 days ago5 Dec 2025, 15:20 GMT
- Clarification questions by311 days ago19 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period ends276 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown23 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by248 days ago20 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts211 days ago30 Mar 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent174 days ago6 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published168 days ago11 May 2026, 15:33 BST
- Standstill ends157 days ago22 May 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Dec 2025- Tender notice published5 Dec 2025, 15:20 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published11 May 2026, 15:33 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete11 May 2026, 15:33 BST
- Contract signature expected15 Jun 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast£960,000 is the framework's published maximum, restated by the publisher on 2 award rows. It is one ceiling, not 2 separate sums, and no share per lot is published; those rows read “ceiling above”.
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 · PowerPoint and Microsoft Office1 award | |||
| Allied Publicity Services (Manchester) LimitedTEN-256-027 Creative production studio overflow- LOT115 Jun 2026 – 14 Jun 2030 | ceiling above | 23 Apr 2026 | Awarded |
| Lot 2 · Content and design1 award | |||
| Allied Publicity Services (Manchester) Limited15 Jun 2026 – 14 Jun 2030 | ceiling above | 24 Apr 2026standstill to 22 May 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · PowerPoint and Microsoft Office | 1final-stage tenders · 3 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 · Content and design | 3final-stage tenders · 18 at stage one | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Allied Publicity Services (Manchester) LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender