Notice Information
Notice Title
ACCESS Communications & Engagement Service
Notice Description
Hampshire County Council has undertaken this procurement on behalf of the ACCESS Pool of LGPS Pension Funds. The Pool is seeking to appoint a Communications and Engagement Partner to provide support, advice and management of the Pool's communications needs. This includes, for example, engagement with the press, government and other external parties, support and advice to the Pool's spokespeople and advice and support on the Pool's online channels.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This procurement uses the Open Procedure and will result in a single contract with a single supplier. The contract will be for 4+2 years, with any extensions at the sole discretion of ACCESS. Tenderers must complete both the ITT Stage 1 and ITT Stage 2 Questionnaires included in the Tender Documentation and make their submissions via Hampshire County Council's e-tendering portal linked above in this Notice. Tenderers should note that price will not carry a separate weighting in the evaluation of this tender as the Price Quality Ratio method will be used. An explanation of this can be found in the ITT.
Options: The initial 4 year term may be extended, at ACCESS's sole discretion, for a period or periods not exceeding 2 years.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03f62b
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002134-2024
- 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
- Large
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
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £552,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 22 Jan 20242 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 29 Sep 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 1 Jan 20242 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
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Samantha Pullinger
- Contact Email
- samantha.pullinger@hants.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1962847826-847826
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WINCHESTER
- Postcode
- SO23 8ZB
- Post Town
- Southampton
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ36 Central Hampshire
- Delivery Location
- TLH3 Essex
-
- Local Authority
- Winchester
- Electoral Ward
- St Michael
- Westminster Constituency
- Winchester
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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