Official UK procurement notice
SC21098 A Kentish Magazine, Website, and Kent Bereavement Guide
Authority: Kent County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLibraries, Registration and Archives (LRA) is the part of Kent County Council that deals with the registration of births, deaths, marriages, and civil partnerships. Since the 1994 Marriage Act, the service has provided licences to private venues across the county so that civil marriages can take place within them.
The Council requires a publisher for the following outlets:
- A magazine, used to promote the services (A Kentish Ceremony Magazine)
- A website, used to promote the services (www.akentishceremony.com ↗)
- A Bereavement Guide, that features all the details people need to know about how to register a death, and many of the other things that need to be organised at a difficult time.
CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Printed matter and related products
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Magazine (A Kentish Ceremony Magazine):AwardedRenewalPublished value£420,000
Magazine (A Kentish Ceremony Magazine):
One of the most successful marketing channels has been the creation of ‘A Kentish Wedding
Magazine’ in 1997. This magazine, now called A Kentish Ceremony Magazine, is now
available quarterly and covers a mixture of information about the service’s ceremonies, an
index and map containing all the Approved Premises available in the county, advertising for
appropriate suppliers, wedding fayre diary, articles and editorial.
The magazine is distributed in several exclusive ways including via the service’s Register
Offices, Libraries, website, and through a number of wedding fayres and events referred to
above - which the service’s staff often attend.
The magazine will be published quarterly in an A4 format and will include a range of content
to promote:
- Kentish Wedding ceremonies and venues
- Kentish Partnership ceremonies and venues
- Kentish Welcoming ceremonies and venues
- Kentish Renewal of Vows ceremonies and venues
- Kent Register Offices
Website (akentishceremony.com):
The akentishceremony.com website continues to go from strength-to-strength with a high
number of unique visitors per year. The service provider will need to facilitate website maintenance and improvements, and facilitate website orders of the magazine.
Bereavement Guide:
The Bereavement Guide is an annual publication that features all the details people need to
know about how to register a death and many of the other things that need to be organised
at a difficult time. As part of the Kent Registration Service, the Council have unique distribution via
its Register Offices, and it has agreements in place for distribution across Kent hospitals
and hospices. Approx 15000 copies are printed each November Circa .
Advertising Revenue:
All of the above are produced at no cost to the Kent County Council. The service provider will generate income from advertising sold to feature in the above platforms and publications. The service provider is required to pay the Kent County Council a fixed percentage of all advertising revenue generated, the percentage amount will be as per the offer made in their bid. The remainder of the revenue will be kept by the service provider to cover overhead costs and profit.
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).
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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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Highest Revenue Percentage (payable to the Kent County Council).: 100
- price: 100
Published award criteria (2)
- Highest Revenue Percentage (payable to the Kent County Council).: 100
- Price: 100
- Price carries 100 of 200 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 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
- 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
- 9 May 2022, 09:50 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Sept 2022, 16:45 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 15 Jun 2022 – …
- Authority reference
DN611253- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-025704- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03353eFind a Tender
Publisher note: All communications must be via the messaging facility. Tenders will not be accepted by any other route that the 'Kent Business Portal'. Clarifications can be posted via the Kent Business Portal messaging facility, by the 9th June 2022, 12:00 noon
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 15 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 15 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
Timeline
15 Jun 2022 → 13 Sept 2022 · 3 dates- Submission deadline15 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened15 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
- Notice published13 Sept 2022, 16:45 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete13 Sept 2022, 16:45 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sideways Media Ltd.SME | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 025704-2022-SC21098 A Kentish Ceremony Magazine, Website, & Bereavement Guide-1 · Sideways Media Ltd.SME
- Signed
- 11 Aug 2022
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magazine (A Kentish Ceremony Magazine): | 2bids | — | — | £400,000 – £700,000 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £400,000 – £700,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Sideways Media Ltd.Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.