Award

Branding, Design & Artworking Services

UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL

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16 Apr 2025 at 08:21

Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The University of Bristol has successfully completed an open procurement process for Branding, Design & Artworking Services, classified under Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, and security. The service location is in the South West region of England, specifically at BS16 7FS, with the contract running from 1st May 2025 until 30th April 2028. The awarded suppliers, Fluid Ideas Limited and Mordene Design Ltd T/A Astwood Design, will create brand assets and content to enhance NCC's engineering and technology capabilities awareness. This procurement is valued at £150,000 GBP and was awarded on 9th April 2025.

This tender creates substantial opportunities for SMEs specialising in branding and design, allowing them to showcase their capabilities by producing high-quality, strategic design concepts that convey technical subjects effectively. Ideal candidates include firms that excel in understanding complex briefs, providing timely alterations, and delivering both digital and printed materials. With a focus on the South West region, this contract is particularly suitable for businesses aiming to establish or expand their client base within public sector engineering projects.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Branding, Design & Artworking Services

Notice Description

The scope of brand, design and artworking services is to create assets and content that will promote the NCC brand, driving awareness of its world-leading engineering and technology capabilities. The successful supplier should be able to: - understand the brief, provide strategic, and best practice guidance given the technical nature of NCC's proposition - provide high quality design concepts in a timely manner developing the preferred option with the ability to visually convey a complex, technical subject matter - understand requests for alterations and correctly apply them submit the final product in a digital or printed form of high quality as per specific requirements.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-508c859a-d74e-4ac8-9895-1658f009ec45
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f1c2d07c-b974-4a52-a3e6-697efe840c2c
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£145,790 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£150,000 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
16 Apr 202510 months ago
Submission Deadline
17 Mar 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
8 Apr 202510 months ago
Contract Period
30 Apr 2025 - 30 Apr 2028 3-4 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 BRISTOL
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BRISTOL
Postcode
BS16 7FS
Post Town
Bristol
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK5 West of England
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Delivery Location
TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
South Gloucestershire
Electoral Ward
Emersons Green
Westminster Constituency
Filton and Bradley Stoke

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

FLUID IDEAS

MORDENE DESIGN LTD T/A ASTWOOD DESIGN

Further Information

Notice Documents

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