Notice Information
Notice Title
PR Services in North America: Business to Business PR Focus
Notice Description
VisitScotland is looking to contract a full-service Public Relations agency with specialised expertise in the Business travel sector to deliver a wide portfolio of PR activities in the US and Canada in support of VisitScotland's global brand strategy.
Lot Information
Consumer Focus PR
VisitScotland is looking to contract a full-service Public Relations agency with specialised expertise in the Business travel sector to deliver a wide portfolio of PR activities in the US and Canada in support of VisitScotland's global brand strategy.
Renewal: 2 x 12 month extensions
Business to Business Focus PRVisitScotland has contracted with two full-service Public Relations agencies (one for each lot) with specialised expertise in the travel sector to deliver a wide portfolio of PR activities in the US and Canada in support of VisitScotland's global brand strategy. Lot 2 is for a Business to Business-focused PR service.
Renewal: 2 x 12-month extensions
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-035bd2
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014877-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- 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
-
- CPV Codes
79416000 - Public relations services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £209,796 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £615,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £935,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 18 Feb 20264 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 20 Mar 20264 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 20 Jan 20233 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- December 2028
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active, Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- VISITSCOTLAND
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Eileen O'Neill, Steph Mcintosh, kirsty c strowes
- Contact Email
- eileen.oneill@visitscotland.com, karin.finlay@gov.scot, kirsty.strowes@visitscotland.com, steph.mcintosh@gov.scot
- Contact Phone
- +44 1314722222, +44 1412420133
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH6 6JH
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM3 West Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM32 Glasgow City
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Glasgow City
- Electoral Ward
- Anderston/City/Yorkhill
- Westminster Constituency
- Glasgow North
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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