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ID 4008314 InterTradeIreland Provision of Brand and Digital Strategy, Creative Design, Advertising and Related Services

DEPARTMENT FOR ECONOMY

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

06 Sep 2022 at 14:49

Tender

13 Jun 2022 at 13:06

Summary of the contracting process

The Department for Economy is seeking a contractor to provide brand and digital strategy, creative design, advertising, and related services. The procurement stage is currently at the award stage, and the contract was signed on 31st August 2022. The tender is for the provision of services in the advertising industry category and is located in Belfast, UK. The buyer organisation is the Department for Economy with contact details available on their website. The contract value is £1,650,000, and the procurement method was an open procedure.

This tender offers opportunities for businesses in the advertising and marketing sector to compete for a significant contract in brand and digital strategy services. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) may find this tender particularly suitable due to the scale of the contract. The award criteria include quality aspects such as strategic solution, media strategy, creative proposal, and cost factors like scenario pricing and average hourly rate. Businesses interested in expanding their advertising and creative design services should consider engaging with the Department for Economy for potential future opportunities.

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Notice Title

ID 4008314 InterTradeIreland Provision of Brand and Digital Strategy, Creative Design, Advertising and Related Services

Notice Description

InterTradeIreland wishes to appoint a Contractor to provide the following services: Brand and Digital Strategy, Creative Design, Advertising and Related Services, for its corporate and programme communications. The Contractor will be required to provide a comprehensive suite of services including brand management and creative strategy, digital and social media strategy, advertising (traditional and digital), creative design and content creation, video production and copywriting.

Lot Information

Lot 1

InterTradeIreland wishes to appoint a Contractor to provide the following services: Brand and Digital Strategy, Creative Design, Advertising and Related Services, for its corporate and programme communications. The Contractor will be required to provide a comprehensive suite of services including brand management and creative strategy, digital and social media strategy, advertising (traditional and digital), creative design and content creation, video production and copywriting. Additional information: Contract monitoring: the successful contractor's performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in construction and procurement delivery CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, this may be considered grounds for termination of the contract at your expense as provided for in the Conditions of Contract. In lieu of termination, CPD may issue a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. A supplier in receipt of multiple Notices of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance may, in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as amended, be excluded from future public procurement competitions for a period of. up to three years..

Options: There are extension options of 1 year + 1 year

Renewal: The initial period of Contract will be for a period of up to 12 months with options to extend for two further periods of 12 months each, subject to business demand and available budget.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0345ba
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024985-2022
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services


CPV Codes

79121000 - Copyright consultancy services

79340000 - Advertising and marketing services

79341000 - Advertising services

79341100 - Advertising consultancy services

79341200 - Advertising management services

79341400 - Advertising campaign services

79800000 - Printing and related services

79810000 - Printing services

79811000 - Digital printing services

79820000 - Services related to printing

79821000 - Print finishing services

79821100 - Proofreading services

79822400 - Lithographic services

79822500 - Graphic design services

79823000 - Printing and delivery services

79824000 - Printing and distribution services

92100000 - Motion picture and video services

92111000 - Motion picture and video production services

92111210 - Advertising film production

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,650,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£1,650,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£1,650,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
6 Sep 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
19 Jul 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
30 Aug 20223 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DEPARTMENT FOR ECONOMY
Additional Buyers

EUROPEAN UNION

INTERTRADEIRELAND

Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
ssdadmin.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
NEWRY
Postcode
BT34 2DE
Post Town
Northern Ireland
Country
Northern Ireland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLN Northern Ireland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLN0 Northern Ireland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLN06 Belfast
Delivery Location
TLN Northern Ireland

Local Authority
Belfast
Electoral Ward
Sydenham
Westminster Constituency
Belfast East

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

KROW GROUP

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