Notice Information
Notice Title
Advertising Services
Notice Description
The purpose of this contract is for an advertising agency to provide the University of Southampton with media buying that will include purchasing media space, and liaising with media partners, reporting on impact of services and media placement, and in-sector insights with the agency striving to give Southampton a competitive edge and providing the best possible outcomes for campaigns whilst providing value for money. Paid Search is managed in house through the university's digital performance analysis team, but we would expect to align our goals and conversion strategy with this team to maximize our market impact. The Agency shall be capable of providing excellent customer service including strategic and implementation advice and be willing and capable of working in partnership with other agencies and specialists to deliver the media buying aspect of fully integrated campaigns for the University of Southampton.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This procurement process is being conducted as a Restricted procedure; consisting of both Selection and Invitation to Tender stages. Stage 1 - Selection Stage: An overall pass mark of 50 % shall apply to this stage. The intention is to arrive at a shortlist of a maximum of five qualified potential suppliers for formal invitation to tender. The maximum number of qualified potential suppliers will be based on the top five scores achieved. Where more than the maximum number of potential suppliers have achieved a top five score (i.e. a tie), all of those potential suppliers will be invited to the Invitation to Tender stage. Stage 2 - Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage - A maximum of 5 qualified tenderers will be invited to submit formal tenders at this stage Contract Term: The University proposes to enter into a Contract for seven years this will be the maximum contract period, including any potential extensions with the Potential Supplier. This will comprise of an initial contract period of three years with an option to extend by a further two years + two years subject to satisfactory performance and at the discretion of the University. Contract Value: The estimated value of the initial 3-year contract term is in the region of PS850,000-PS1,200,000 GBP Per Annum (excluding VAT). Additional information: This contract is NOT suitable for splitting into lots. The risk of dividing the requirement into Lots would render the execution of the contract excessively technically difficult, not cost effective and would undermine proper execution of the contract.
Renewal: This contract is subject to renewal at the discretion of the university the end of this contract period.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03a745
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018513-2023
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- CPV Codes
79341000 - Advertising services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £8,400,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £8,400,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £8,400,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 29 Jun 20233 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 23 Mar 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 22 Jun 20233 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- This is likely to be re-procured in 7 years.
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SOUTHAMPTON
- Postcode
- SO17 1BJ
- Postcode Area
- Southampton
- Country
- England
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ32 Southampton
- Delivery Location
- TLJ South East (England)
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- Local Authority
- Southampton
- Electoral Ward
- Portswood
- Westminster Constituency
- Southampton Test
Further Information
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