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Published 19 Jan 2021, 08:20 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Communication,Marketing and Web Hosting Services for the Children’s Social Work Matters Programme.

Official notice

Authority: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£280,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 16 Feb 2021

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Key services required include, but are not limited to; hosting and content management of two websites (public facing) namely CSWM and Social Care Matters along with a private secure portal (OurCSWM), and to securely host these as well as the Teaching Partnerships (TPs) microsites along with ongoing management of Our CSWM App (incl. software/license fees).

Services will include marketing materials, webinars, stakeholder events, regional conferences.

To support the Programme Manager in; planning events, merchandising, research, survey and focus groups.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Research and development services and related consultancy services · World wide web (www) site design services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The selected Applicant will need to demonstrate the following: 3.4.1RenewalPublished value£280,000

The selected Applicant will need to demonstrate the following: 3.4.1. A track record of digital expertise especially in web site development and management (including facilitating webinars, online/offline events, and ongoing management of the App). 3.4.2. The ability to work with the representatives from the fifteen (15) Partner Organisations which make up the consortium. 3.4.3. SEO competence with the ability to develop and implement an SEO strategy within budget. 3.4.4. Social media and digital marketing expertise 3.4.5. The ability to provide new approaches which compliments the existing strategy, building on what has already been achieved to date. 3.4.6. Sound communications and stakeholder engagement knowledge and experience 3.4.7. Copywriting and content planning skills and ability to help raise a positive profile of social work amongst key target audiences. 3.4.8. The Campaign has been largely digital in nature due to the large geographic coverage of the Partner Organisations relative to the budget. We believe the on-going campaign will be digital but it does not exclusively have to be so. We are therefore seeking an agency that has necessary digital experience and can provide wider integrated communications experience as media channels are not defined. A critical part of the campaign is evaluation. Agencies will therefore be expected to consider evaluation within the overall proposal and budget. Maintenance of the websites and portal. 4.1. It is expected that the successful agency will maintain the website and private portal and will ensure that they are accessible and up and running at all times. Maintenance work should be planned and carried out at the least disruptive time to our website visitors. 4.2. The successful agency will host the four Teaching Partnership websites and provided ad-hoc support/advice to the website owners, who manage content themselves. 4.3. In addition – with a budget of up to £10K per year allocated from the overall contractual budget, the agency will host, manage and develop the Innovation Children’s Services website and portal, including editorial and content upload at pre-agreed intervals throughout the year.

Extensions: The contract is initially for 24 months. The contract has 2 x 12 month extensions available these are funding dependent.Variant bids: not allowed

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: 75%Price: 25%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 75
  • Price: 25
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 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
Closed
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
19 Jan 2021, 08:20 GMT
Last source update
19 Jan 2021, 08:20 GMT
Award evaluation window
16 Feb 2021 – …
Authority reference
DN518622
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-001026
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportResearch and development services and related consultancy servicesWorld wide web (www) site design services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028b58 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 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
16 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

19 Jan 2021 → 16 Feb 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    19 Jan 2021, 08:20 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    16 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    16 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Westgate Plaza One, Westgate, Barnsley, Yorkshire & Humber, S70 2DRContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • THe HIgh CourtReview body London

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.