Planning

Combined Social Media, Community Engagement, Media Evaluation and Media Monitoring Service

OFGEM

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Planning

01 Jun 2022 at 12:59

Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process is initiated by OFGEM, based in London, for a contract titled "Combined Social Media, Community Engagement, Media Evaluation and Media Monitoring Service." This procurement falls under the services category, specifically relating to market research services, and is currently at the planning stage. Interested suppliers are invited to engage through an early supplier engagement process, which includes completing a supplier questionnaire by midday on 14th June 2022 and attending meetings scheduled for the week commencing 27th June 2022. The anticipated award period for the contract is set to commence on 16th September 2022.

This tender presents significant opportunities for business growth, particularly for firms specialising in social media analytics, community engagement, and media evaluation services. Businesses that can provide innovative solutions in monitoring media coverage across various platforms and offer data-driven insights are particularly well-suited to compete for this contract. Additionally, companies with capabilities in automated reporting and audience segmentation through machine learning would find this opportunity aligned with their expertise.

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Notice Title

Combined Social Media, Community Engagement, Media Evaluation and Media Monitoring Service

Notice Description

Ofgem is seeking to establish a contract for combined social media, community engagement, media evaluation and media monitoring service. The scope of the requirement includes, but is not limited to: Social Media and Community Engagement: -Track own-brand insights and channel performance metrics (media outlets, web and social media) - Identify target audiences and build segmented audience profiles using social media intelligence/machine learning to inform engagement and activation tactics -Build and define tracked searches by profile, keyword or theme (media outlets, web and social media) - Build and automate scheduled custom reporting for conversation summaries / data insights, including via data visualisation. To include capability for alert notifications where tracked data spike above a volume threshold. For example, across mentions/conversations/sentiment (media outlets, web and social media) - Receive traditional media print news and broadcast monitoring summaries 7 days a week with access to a national journalist database [Ofgem has a separate NLA licence] - Access and build custom reports across print and broadcast media for defined topics, and with capability to support media evaluation and analysis incl. opinion analysis, favourability, share of voice/equivalent advertising value, and reach of Ofgem - Plan, manage and schedule posts across its social media channels, including accessible multimedia (eg with image alt text and .srt captions for video content) - Use an in-platform inbox to monitor and respond to all social media conversations in one place and track response rate where required (private messages, comments and replies, direct messages etc). Media Monitoring and Evaluation: - Print monitoring - complete daily monitoring of specified keywords and topics within regional, national and international print media, including industry and consumer titles. This should be presented within a daily morning summary and include a downloadable PDF copy of each relevant printed article. It should also be available to view and download on the supplier's online portal. - Online monitoring - complete daily monitoring of specified keywords and topics within regional, national and international news website content, as well as monitoring of non-written online content such as infographics and imagery. Links and PDF copies of each relevant online mention should be presented within the daily morning media summary and on the online portal. - Broadcast media - complete daily monitoring of specified keywords and topics on regional and national television, radio and web broadcasts. Broadcasted items shall be made available in digital form for Ofgem to access via the morning summary and on the online portal. - Online portal - provision of a secure, online portal in which Ofgem can access, analyse and evaluate media coverage whenever necessary - Evaluation and reporting - the provision of human-driven evaluation and reporting of the monitored media for Ofgem, which could be provided monthly or quarterly - All media monitoring, analysis and evaluation services detailed in this specification will be provided remotely, i.e. via email and online portal, so no specific sites or facilities are required.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Ofgem is seeking a combined social media, community engagement, media evaluation and media monitoring service.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03429d
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015351-2022
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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


CPV Codes

79300000 - Market and economic research; polling and statistics

79310000 - Market research services

79311000 - Survey services

79311300 - Survey analysis services

79312000 - Market-testing services

79340000 - Advertising and marketing services

79342000 - Marketing services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£267,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Jun 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
15 Sep 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
17 Jul 2022Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
OFGEM
Contact Name
Ruksar Din
Contact Email
procurement2@ofgem.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 2079017000

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
E14 4PU
Post Town
East London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI42 Tower Hamlets
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Tower Hamlets
Electoral Ward
Canary Wharf
Westminster Constituency
Poplar and Limehouse

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