Notice Information
Notice Title
Public Relations Services for the British Council in the Middle East and North Africa
Notice Description
The British Council in the Middle East and North Africa is seeking to contract reputable agencies specialised in the provision of public relations services; and requires a Pool of small, medium and large PR agencies with either regional PR expertise for MENA or country level PR expertise for one of the seventeen countries in which we operate in the MENA region under a multi-provider framework agreement. We would encourage all PR agencies (small/ medium/large sized) to participate in this tender exercise. Services procured will assist the British Council Marketing and Communications team service key programme and business activity across the Middle East and North Africa. Through this work selected agencies will ensure the British Council is able to deliver full service public relations from PR strategy development to implementation and evaluation for all business units (cultural engagement, teaching centres, exams).
Lot Information
Lot 1
The British Council in the Middle East and North Africa is seeking to contract reputable agencies specialised in the provision of public relations services; and requires a Pool of small, medium and large PR agencies with either regional PR expertise for MENA or country level PR expertise for one of the seventeen countries in which we operate in the MENA region under a multi-provider framework agreement. We would encourage all PR agencies (small/ medium/large sized) to participate in this tender exercise.
Renewal: The contract duration will be of two (2) years, with an option to extend once for 2 twelve-month periods subject to an annual review after the two (2) year period
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03603f
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023085-2022
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
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
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
22 - Printed matter and related products
32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
48 - Software package and information systems
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- CPV Codes
22000000 - Printed matter and related products
32000000 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
48000000 - Software package and information systems
73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 19 Aug 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 23 Sep 2022Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BRITISH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- manjari.parashar@britishcouncil.org
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SHARJAH
- Postcode
- N/A
- Post Town
- Not specified
- Country
- Not specified
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- Not specified
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- Not specified
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- Not specified
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
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- Local Authority
- Not specified
- Electoral Ward
- Not specified
- Westminster Constituency
- Not specified
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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