Award

Advertising, Design and Marketing Services for Tourism Northern Ireland Resource

TOURISM NORTHERN IRELAND

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12 Feb 2024 at 14:02

Summary of the contracting process

The public procurement contracting process is led by Tourism Northern Ireland, aiming to procure Advertising, Design, and Marketing Services. The industry category is advertising services, and the procurement method is limited with an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The award has been made to suppliers BBDO, Loud Mouth Media Ltd, and Mammoth Design Consultants LTD.

This tender presents business growth opportunities for companies specialized in advertising, design, and marketing services. Businesses with expertise in strategic and creative agency services, online media services, offline media services, and design and content services are well-suited to compete. The contract is valued at £41.5 million and signed on 7th February 2020.

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Notice Title

Advertising, Design and Marketing Services for Tourism Northern Ireland Resource

Notice Description

Tourism Northern Ireland wishes to appoint a Contractor or Contractors for the supply and delivery of its marketing and associated services. These requirements have been split into 4 Lots as detailed below. Whilst no spend is guaranteed against any of the Lots, the anticipated value of each Lot over the lifetime of the contract is also detailed below. Lot 1: Strategic and Lead Creative Agency Lot 2: Online Media Services Lot 3: Offline Media Services Lot 4: Design, Marketing and Content Services Following publication of this VEAT Tourism NI will vary this contract with the incumbent suppliers following a period of 10 days from the date of publication of this notice in accordance with Regulation 72(1)(c). The Contract variation provides an uplift in value to PS41,500,000 across all lots.

Lot Information

Lot 1: Strategic and Lead Creative Agency

Lot 1: Strategic and Lead Creative Agency

Options: Contract will run for 2 years initially, with the option to extend for 3 further periods of 1 year up to a maximum duration of 5 years.

Lot 2: Online Media Services

Lot 2: Online Media Services

Lot 3: Offline Media Services

Lot 3: Offline Media Services

Lot 4: Design, Marketing and Content Services

Lot 4: Design, Marketing and Content Services

Procurement Information

With respect to Regulation 72 in theory more than one such change can be made during the life of the contract; however, the successive changes must not be made to circumvent the regulations. CPD notes this is the 2nd modification to the original contract value. The first modification on 17 July 2021 increased the value by PS10,500,000, to allow for the increased funding from DfE, which covered additional interventions, such as more advertising, both for leisure tourism and business tourism and the increased role of TNI's Strategic and Creative lead in supporting the industry. This 2nd modification is to increase the estimated value by a further PS10,500,000 increasing the contract value to an estimated PS41.5m. This is a result of Tourism NI receiving an additional PS7 million budget in the 2022/23 financial year, which has resulted in further unforeseen increased expenditure under the contract. TNIs partner organisations (councils and DfE) have also utilised the contract more than originally anticipated, adding to further unexpected increased expenditure under the contract.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-043950
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004631-2024
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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


CPV Codes

79340000 - Advertising and marketing services

79341000 - Advertising services

79341200 - Advertising management services

79341400 - Advertising campaign services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£41,500,000 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
12 Feb 20242 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
7 Feb 20206 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
TOURISM NORTHERN IRELAND
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
ssdadmin.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
BELFAST
Postcode
BT2 7ES
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
Central
Westminster Constituency
Belfast South and Mid Down

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
3
Supplier Names

BBDO

LOUD MOUTH MEDIA

MAMMOTH DESIGN CONSULTANTS

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