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Published 16 Jun 2021, 11:15 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Marketing Strategy and Communications

Official notice

Authority: Cantium Business Solutions Limited

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£500,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 16 Jul 2021awarded 12 Aug 2021
Awarded to fatBuzz Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Cantium Business Solutions (Cantium) is a Local Authority Trading Company (LATCo), whose ultimate parent company is Kent County Council (KCC). Cantium provides tailored ICT, HR and Finance services to its customers across the UK, including support for all Kent County Council offices and over 600 Schools. We’re proud of our Public Sector heritage, which has given us a foundation in business delivery and infrastructure insight. This uniquely enables us to drive innovation and progressive practices to deliver the best value for our clients.

Cantium is looking to appoint a Marketing Strategy and Communications agency to assist in driving its growth ambitions forwards.

The contract is for a maximum length of 36 months based on an initial fixed 12-month period, after which a 3-months break clause will apply to the balance of the term. The contract will expire in its

entirety after 36 months or earlier if the break clause is applied.

The estimated total contract value based on a 36-month term is approximately £500,000. This is an indicative value of expected expenditure and not a committed spend. Spend will be based on buyer need only.

CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Market and economic research; polling and statistics

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£500,000
Delivery: UK
Variant bids: not allowedElectronic catalogue: required
79300000 Market and economic research; polling and statistics

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: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Mandatory Requirements and Tender Forms: 40%
  • Value Added Services: 20%
  • price: 40%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Mandatory Requirements and Tender Forms: 40%
  • Value Added Services: 20%
  • Price: 40%
What this means for your bid
  • 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
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
16 Jun 2021, 11:15 BST
Last source update
12 Aug 2021, 09:59 BST
Award evaluation window
19 Jul 2021 – …
Authority reference
DN550476
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-019546
Classification (CPV)
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityMarket and economic research; polling and statistics
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02bc84 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
16 Jul 2021, 23:30 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
19 Jul 2021, 09:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index ↗

Timeline

16 Jul 2021 → 12 Aug 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    16 Jul 2021, 23:30 BST
  2. Bids opened
    19 Jul 2021, 09:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    12 Aug 2021, 09:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    12 Aug 2021, 09:59 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £500,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 9
Contracts signed 1latest 12 Aug 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
fatBuzz LtdSME£500,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 019546-2021-DN550476-1 · fatBuzz LtdSME

    Signed
    12 Aug 2021
    Value
    £500,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
9bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Cantium Business Solutions Ltd

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services 11242115 Worrall House, Kings Hill, West Malling, UK, ME19 4AEContact email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • fatBuzz LtdAwarded supplierSC309003 Glasgow, UK, G41 1AA

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.