Notice Information
Notice Title
Higher Education Marketing Agency to Support the Implementation of Student Recruitment Campaigns
Notice Description
The University of Chester invited tenders for a specialist Higher Education marketing agency through the UK Open Procedure under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 to support primarily with media planning and buying for its student recruitment campaigns. This will be a two-year contract with the option to extend for a further 24-months on a year-by-year basis. Although the University was looking for an agency to help principally with media planning and buying, the expectation is that the successful agency will work collaboratively with the University on campaign strategy, providing relevant audience, market, and competitor insights to help the University gain a competitive advantage. Further to this, from time-to-time, the University may wish to tap into any creative services available within the agency to help with the production of creative assets and development of our messaging strategy. For the purposes of this contract, please note that the estimated contract value has been provided in the tender documents for the first 12-months of the contract with the assumption that there will be the equivalent spend in year two of the contract, and also year three and four should the options to extend be exercised. The total contract value in this notice is therefore estimated in relation to the full potential four years of any subsequent contract. Please note that the incumbent supplier is contracted until 31st January 2024 and is currently delivering our 2024 pre-application campaign. On the current agreement, this supplier may continue to deliver briefs which have been issued prior to commencement of the contract awarded following this tender. This may result in some crossover of delivery. Further details were available in the tender documents. Additional information: Please note that where you may have previously registered with In-Tend, it will be necessary for you to ensure that your registration does include being registered to see opportunities for University of Chester. Registration for this site is free for suppliers. There is also Help/Guidance on how to use the supplier site on the 'Help' section at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofchester/aspx/Help (https://intendhost.co.uk/universityofchester/aspx/Help)
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-3ea5c900-341f-446c-83d0-c213f8e633ed
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5a9759ef-e61e-407e-8530-8a351696c0b4
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79340000 - Advertising and marketing services
79600000 - Recruitment services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £3,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £3,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 21 Dec 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 8 Nov 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 19 Dec 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- 19 Dec 2023 - 31 Jan 2028 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CHESTER
- Postcode
- CH1 4BJ
- Post Town
- Chester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD6 Cheshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD63 Cheshire West and Chester
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Electoral Ward
- Chester City & the Garden Quarter
- Westminster Constituency
- Chester North and Neston
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5a9759ef-e61e-407e-8530-8a351696c0b4
21st December 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5cac5de9-62d4-45d8-9b7a-4af972f0803e
9th October 2023 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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