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Published 27 Jun 2023, 10:24 BST

Official UK procurement notice

ID 4634554 - DfE - Advertising and Related Services

Official notice

Authority: Department for the Economy NI (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)

Published estimate£4,000,000exc. VAT

Submissions closed 7 Aug 2023awarded 18 Sept 2023

Awarded to NAVIGATOR BLUE LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Department for the Economy (DfE) wishes to appoint a Contractor to provide advertising and related services to deliver a range of advertising campaigns. The requirement consists of a series of campaigns all running to promote a number of the Department’s programmes and initiatives. No guarantee can be given as to the level and value of work to be placed throughout the lifetime of this contract. Full details of requirements are set out in the Specification document (ID 4634554 – Specification).

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

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1AwardedPublished value£4,000,000

Delivery: Northern Ireland

Variant bids: not allowed

79340000 Advertising and marketing services 79341200 Advertising management services 79341400 Advertising campaign services

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: 59.5%Price: 30%Social value: 10.5%

Published sub-criteria (8)

AC1 - Strategic Solution: 17.5%
AC2 - Media Strategy, Rationale and Media Plan: 14%
AC3 - Proposals for Research and Evaluation: 3.5%
AC4 - Creative Proposal: 21%
AC5 - Key Personnel Experience: 3.5%
AC7 - Total Campaign Delivery Cost: 20%
AC8 - Average Hourly Rate: 10%
AC6 - Social Value: 10.5%

Published award criteria (8)

AC1 - Strategic Solution: 17.5
AC2 - Media Strategy, Rationale and Media Plan: 14
AC3 - Proposals for Research and Evaluation: 3.5
AC4 - Creative Proposal: 21
AC5 - Key Personnel Experience: 3.5
AC6 - Social Value: 10.5
AC7 - Total Campaign Delivery Cost: 20
AC8 - Average Hourly Rate: 10

Conditions of participation1

Technical & professional ability
As per Tender documentation.

What this means for your bid

Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

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: 27 Jun 2023, 10:24 BST
Last source update: 2 Oct 2023, 14:11 BST
Award evaluation window: 31 Jul 2023 – …
Authority reference: ID 4634554
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-028981
Classification (CPV): Advertising and marketing servicesAdvertising campaign servicesAdvertising management servicesAdvertising services
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03dcb7 Find a Tender

Review and risk notes

Review procedure: CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.

Publisher note: DfE does not guarantee any level of business under this contract. . The successful Contractor’s performance on this Contract will be managed as per the specification and regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in Construction and Procurement Delivery (CPD) for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, this may be considered grounds for termination of the contract at your expense as provided for in the Conditions of Contract. In lieu of termination, CPD may issue a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. A supplier in receipt of multiple Notices of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance may, in accordance with The Public Contracts. Regulations 2015 (as amended), be excluded from future public procurement competitions for a period of up to three years..

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI

Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration

Submission deadline: 7 Aug 2023, 15:00 BST
Submission channel: {"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages: en
Bids opened: 31 Jul 2023, 15:30 BST

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗

Timeline

31 Jul 2023 → 29 Oct 2023 · 4 dates

Bids opened
31 Jul 2023, 15:30 BST
Submission deadline
7 Aug 2023, 15:00 BST
Notice published
2 Oct 2023, 14:11 BST
Bids must remain valid until
29 Oct 2023, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Jul 2023

Deadline moved to 7 Aug 2023, 15:00 BST
24 Jul 2023, 09:08 BST
+7 days · was 31 Jul 2023, 15:00 BST
Status changed to complete
2 Oct 2023, 14:11 BST

Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)

When	What	Before	After	Shift
—	DeadlineIV.2.2)	31 Jul 2023	7 Aug 2023	+7 d

Change of tender deadline from 31 July 2023 to 07 July 2023 15:00

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £4,000,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 33 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 18 Sept 2023

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
NAVIGATOR BLUE LTDContractSubcontracting: In delivering this contract, the Contractor will subcontract the following services (if required): • Research • Print Production • Website development • Creative and Content Production Services.	£4,000,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract · NAVIGATOR BLUE LTD
Signed
18 Sept 2023
Value
£4,000,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad	3	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for the Economy NI

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services 39-49 Adelaide Street, BELFAST, UK, BT2 8FDContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.Review body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

NAVIGATOR BLUE LTDAwarded supplier The Baths, BELFAST, UK, BT2 8HSContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.