Official UK procurement notice
SPPD - Marketing Services (2026) Lots 1 & 2 re-issued
Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought7 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate (SPPD) is the organisation tasked with procuring frameworks and contracts on behalf of Scottish public sector bodies. This Framework will be a multi-lot and multi-supplier agreement and will cover the following services: Creative Services, Digital Marketing, Public Relations, Market Research and Events and Video Production. Due to technical issues beyond Scottish Procurement’s control, Lots 1 and 2 for Creative Services is being re-advertised.
The framework agreement will be available for use by the Scottish Ministers (including Agencies), Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies, offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices, cross-border public authorities within the meaning of section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998, The Office for the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, councils constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, , bodies registered as social landlords under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, Scottish health boards or special health boards, Student Loans Company Limited, the Commissioner of Northern Lighthouse operating as the Northern Lighthouse Board, Scottish Futures Trust, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Business Stream Ltd, the Business Gateway National Unit at the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, further or higher education institutions being fundable bodies within the meaning of section 6 of the further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005, any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament, any association of or formed by one or more of the foregoing, bodies financed wholly or mainly by one or more of the foregoing, bodies subject to management supervision by one or more of the foregoing and bodies more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or, in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, being appointed by one or more of the foregoing. In addition to the contracting authorities listed, the framework agreement will be available to charities entered on the Scottish Charity Register and voluntary organisations entered on the Membership Database of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.
Information about agencies of the Scottish Ministers ,Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies and offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices are listed at
www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/pu… ↗
Overview of the governance structure of public procurement for Scotland, including the Public Procurement Group.
- Recurrence: within 4 years
CPV: Advertising and marketing services · Advertising campaign services · Advertising services · Event services · Motion picture and video production services · Public relations services · Research services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 26 suppliers
Lots and requirements (7)Procurement structure
7 lots · all with a published value · win at most 6 of them · evaluation weights differ by lotEvery one of these 3 lots carries the same published figure, £2,000,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Creative Services (above 75,000 GBP)Published value£14,000,000
This is a re-advertisement - It is envisaged that Lot 1 will have five suppliers appointed. Creative Services will include the development, creation and delivery of effective and measurable marketing communications programmes and advertising campaigns as well as elements of wider activities, based on a Framework Public Body's brief, and potentially delivered in partnership with the relevant marketing agencies. The suppliers must have the capability and experience in managing and providing strategic creative development and delivery across the disciplines of this category, where relevant to support behaviour change, including the delivery of advertising activity, content creation, engaging field activity, impactful, targeted and measurable communications. Lot 1 will be for call off contracts above 75,000 GBP.
Lot #2Creative Services (below 75,000 GBP)ceiling above
This is a re-advertisement - It is envisaged that Lot 2 will have three suppliers appointed. Creative Services will include the development, creation and delivery of effective and measurable marketing communications programmes and advertising campaigns as well as elements of wider activities, based on a Framework Public Body's brief, and potentially delivered in partnership with the relevant marketing agencies. The suppliers must have the capability and experience in managing and providing strategic creative development and delivery across the disciplines of this category, where relevant to support behaviour change, including the delivery of advertising activity, content creation, engaging field activity, impactful, targeted and measurable communications. Lot 2 will be for call off contracts below 75,000 GBP.
Lot #3Digital Marketing ServicesPublished value£10,000,000
It is envisaged that Lot 3 will have five suppliers appointed. Digital Marketing Services include the technical and creative development of digital materials to deliver targeted messaging and engagement with identified audiences in pursuit of Framework Public Body’s objectives and where relevant, to support behaviour change. This can consist of the development, creation and delivery of digital marketing activity, records and databases as well as the creation, collation, and maintenance of digital content across all platforms and responsibility for functionality, usability and analysis of content.
Lot #4Public RelationsPublished value£5,000,000
It is envisaged that Lot 4 will have five suppliers appointed. The Supplier shall provide services covering the planning, creative approach, project delivery and evaluation of Public Relations activity as required by individual Framework Public Bodies.
Lot #5Market Research ServicesPublished value£5,000,000
It is envisaged that Lot 5 will have four suppliers appointed. Market Research Services require research specialists to advise and implement a range of market and customer research activities covering many aspects of communications work. This will include the development, creation and delivery of effective and measurable marketing communications programmes as well as elements of wider activities, either individually or a combination of strategic planning, field marketing, direct marketing and partnership marketing.
Lot #6Event Servicesceiling above
It is envisaged that Lot 6 will have two suppliers appointed. Events Services cover event management, virtual events, exhibition Management, and technical audio visual services required by Framework Public Bodies.
Lot #7Video Production Servicesceiling above
It is envisaged that Lot 7 will have two suppliers appointed. Video Production services cover video production & post production services required by Framework Public Bodies.
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Creative Services (above 75,000 GBP) | 80% | 20% | |
| 2 · Creative Services (below 75,000 GBP) | 70% | 30% | |
| 3 · Digital Marketing Services | 70% | 30% | |
| 4 · Public Relations | 70% | 30% | |
| 5 · Market Research Services | 70% | 30% | |
| 6 · Event Services | 70% | 30% | |
| 7 · Video Production Services | 70% | 30% |
- Economic & financial standing
This section refers to Section B of Part IV of the SPD (Scotland) and covers question 4B.5
Minimum: 4B.5.1 to 4B.5.3 It is a requirement of this framework/contract that bidders hold or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded framework/contract the types and levels of insurance indicated below: Public Liability Insurance = not less than 1 milli…
- Price carries 20–30 points depending on the lot; most lots put it at 30 points.
- “SPPD - Marketing Services (2026) Lots 1 & 2 re-issued” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 26 suppliers, not a single contract.
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
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · within 4 years
- First published
- 23 Jan 2025, 12:18 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Jan 2026, 11:12 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 6 Feb 2026 – …
- Authority reference
SP-25-01- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-000207- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d5b1Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
An economic operator that suffers or risks suffering loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts(Scotland)Regulations 2015 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session
Publisher note: 1.Tenderers may bid for all Lots. However for Creative services (Lots 1 and 2) a Tenderer may only be successful in one of these Lots. For Lots 1 and 2 we will undertake the evaluation in sequence and evaluate Lot 1 first. The Tenderers with the most economically advantageous tender in Lot 1 will be the preferred Tenderers for Lot 1. If any of the preferred Tenderers for Lot 1 also bid for Lot 2, they will be eliminated from consideration for Lot 2. From the remaining bids in Lot 2 the Tenderers with the most economically advantageous tenders will be the preferred Tenderers for Lot 2. 2. In terms of framework ranking in the event of a tie the Authority reserves the right to rank the tenderers in order of highest technical score. 3. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Sco) Regs 2015. 4. Tenderers must confirm that they will pay staff that are involved in the delivery of services under the framework agreement, and/or any subsequent call off contract, at least the real Living Wage. Tenderers who fail to answer “Yes” to this question will not have their tender considered further. 5. SPD Section 2: Sub-Contractors who are not being relied upon to meet Selection Criteria - A separate SPD will not be required at this Stage. 6. SPD Q4.C.4 - Tenderers must state whether they intend, or do not intend, to use a supply chain to deliver the requirements detailed in the ITT. If Tenderers intend to use a supply chain to deliver the requirements, they should provide evidence in the SPD that they have the relevant supply chain management and tracking systems in place to ensure a resilient and sustainable supply chain. This will include confirmation that the Tenderer has the systems in place to pay subcontractors through the supply chain promptly and effectively, including evidence of: a) their standard payment terms b) ≥95% of all supply chain invoices being paid on time (in accordance with the terms of contract) in the last financial year. If the bidder is unable to confirm and evidence (b) they must provide an improvement plan, signed by their Director, which commits to improvements in the payment performance. Acceptable evidence includes but is not limited to: - Extract of the Tenderer’s terms & conditions detailing standard payment terms; - A summarised accounts payable report showing payment on time performance; - Payment Performance Statement Signed by External Auditor; - Credit Score/Credit Report; or - An improvement plan, signed by a Director, which commits to improvements in payment performance. Improvement plan template and further evidence examples are held within the Supplier Journey. Where a Tenderer does not intend to use a supply chain to deliver the requirements detailed in the ITT, they should clearly state this in response to Q4.C.4. Responses to Q4.C.4 will be evaluated as a “Pass” or “Fail”. Tenderers who do not achieve a “Pass” for this question will not be considered further 7. If you are an SME or 3rd sector organisation interested in working with the public sector, the Supplier Development Programme can help. Attached is a link to the Supplier Development Programme:https://www.sdpscotland.co.uk/?utm_source=pcs&utm_medium=frontpage&utm_content=march16&utm_campaign=SDP03 The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 30788. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: See ITT documentation contained within PCS-T. (SC Ref:818534)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 6 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 270 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 6 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
15 May 2025 → 6 Feb 2026 · 4 dates- Next notice expected15 May 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published296 days ago5 Jan 2026, 11:12 GMT
- Admission / appointment period ends264 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown6 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened264 days ago6 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
Notice history
7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Sept 2025- Published value updated to £40,000,00026 Sept 2025, 11:24 BSTwas £30,000,000
- Status changed to active26 Sept 2025, 11:24 BST
- Procurement method changed26 Sept 2025, 11:24 BST
- Deadline published: 7 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT26 Sept 2025, 11:24 BST
- Buyer details updated26 Sept 2025, 11:24 BST
- Published value updated to £16,000,0005 Jan 2026, 11:12 GMTwas £40,000,000
- Deadline moved to 6 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT5 Jan 2026, 11:12 GMT+91 days · was 7 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.