Official UK procurement notice
EC0995 Media Buying · UK public procurement notice
Authority: University Of Edinburgh (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University of Edinburgh is inviting competitive tenders for provision of Media Buying services.
The media solutions required by the University reflect the scale and diversity of the institution and include a mixture of planned annual and ad hoc or reactive activity. The bulk of our media spend is directed at awareness raising amongst key stakeholders and attracting applications from prospective students in multiple markets, but we also actively promote our wider events and services.
A growing proportion of activity is institution-wide, but the bulk of activity (and spend) is devolved to school level and below.
Most schools create an annual plan and schedule their media spend each summer and that will account for the bulk of spending. However, there is also ad hoc activity as and when new programmes are launched, events are scheduled, or other requirements arise throughout the year. The Accommodation Catering and Events service area will have a detailed annual plan but will require media solutions and research on different campaigns across its many markets, i.e. hospitality and tourism, food and drink, conference and events, property (Landlord Lettings) and nurseries.
CPV: Advertising and marketing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1CancelledPublished value£8,500,000
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: 50
- Price: 50
- 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
- Cancelled
- 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
- 27 Oct 2023, 15:56 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Oct 2023, 16:23 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 30 Nov 2023 – …
- Authority reference
EC0995- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-031883- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040fddFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Contract is subject to performance monitoring against KPIs as specified in ITT document
Publisher note: *** IMPORTANT *** There will be a Supplier briefing event to be held on Thursday 9th November @ 2pm-4pm and all bidders are encouraged to attend. This will be a hybrid event held in our Charles Stewart House building in Edinburgh as well as via Microsoft Teams. Further details can be found in Schedule 1, section 9 of the ITT & Specification Document (SC Ref:748768)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 30 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 30 Nov 2023, 13:00 GMT
Timeline
27 Oct 2023 → 30 Nov 2023 · 3 dates- Notice published27 Oct 2023, 16:23 BST
- Submission deadline30 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened30 Nov 2023, 13:00 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to cancelled27 Oct 2023, 16:23 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court & Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria