Official UK procurement notice
Marketing & Communications Services
Authority: University of Bath (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEstablished in 2002, SETsquared is a unique enterprise partnership between the six leading research-led UK universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey. Its mission is to turn innovation into thriving business, maximising the impact of a combined £600m research portfolio and driving social and economic impact by supporting academics, students and regional businesses with world-leading business incubation, innovation, and growth support services. To date, the partnership has collectively created over 200 spin-out companies, supported over 5,000 entrepreneurs working in the most challenging fields of science and technology, and helped businesses raise over £5bn in investment and funding.
We now seek a marketing and communications agency to work with us over an initial 12-month term (with up to four one-year extensions). Key responsibilities include end-to-end support for flagship events (notably our annual Investment Showcase and associated webinars), recruitment campaigns for new programmes, strategic content and social-media planning, HubSpot-based newsletter and CRM management, website and innovation-platform maintenance, branding stewardship, and ongoing creation of digital, print and video materials
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CPV: Advertising and marketing services · Marketing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£275,000
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 sub-criteria (3)
- Quality: Outline Approach: 30%
- Quality: Experience: 30%
- Price: 40%
Published award criteria (3)
- Price: Long criteria description
- Quality: Outline Approach: Long criteria description
- Quality: Experience: Long criteria description
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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- Procedure method
- Open 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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 May 2025, 12:05 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Aug 2025, 10:05 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Jun 2025
- Authority reference
UoBath/Proc/1382- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-018727- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050c27Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 3 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 21 May 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
2 May 2025 → 8 Aug 2025 · 7 dates- Tender notice published2 May 2025, 12:05 BST
- Clarification questions by21 May 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission deadline3 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
- Award decision expected by18 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Jul 2025
- Assessment summaries sent15 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published8 Aug 2025, 10:05 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 May 2025- Tender notice published2 May 2025, 12:05 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published8 Aug 2025, 10:05 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete8 Aug 2025, 10:05 BST
- Contract signature expected11 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recognition Design & Marketing Ltd12 Aug 2025 – 11 Aug 2026 · up to 11 Aug 2030Extensions: 4 x 1 Years | £150,000 | 14 Jul 2025 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14final-stage tenders · 16 at stage one | 9 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Recognition Design & Marketing LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical specifications https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/RB345YFE8D
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender