Notice Information
Notice Title
Publication of Statutory Notices
Notice Description
Advertising Public Notices is a compulsory and statutory requirement and South Wales Evening Post is the only media to meet the Welsh Government Public Notice criteria. Annual spend projected 2024/25 is 103,800(GBP), cumulative total below 617,500(GBP) since October 2015.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Advertising Public Notices is a compulsory and statutory requirement and South Wales Evening Post is the only media to meet the Welsh Government Public Notice criteria. Other media has insufficient readerships and circulations in reach to the Swansea community: hence the larger amount is spent annually with the South Wales Evening Post (SWEP). Projected spend 2024/25 is 103,800(GBP).
Procurement Information
Advertising Public Notices is a compulsory and statutory requirement and South Wales Evening Post is the only media to meet the Welsh Government Public Notice criteria. Other media has insufficient readerships and circulations in reach to the Swansea community: hence the larger amount is spent annually with the South Wales Evening Post (SWEP) It is the Council's position that other media has insufficient readerships and circulations in reach to the Swansea community to make the assessment that the South Wales Evening Post (SWEP) are the only provider of these services and on this basis, the Council can meet the requirements of Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) which permits the use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication to award public service contract where competition is absent for technical reasons. Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) applies where there is no reasonable alternative or substitute and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement. The Council has considered the market and there are no reasonable alternative of providers with the sufficient readerships and circulation required and as such there is no artificial narrowing down of the parameters on the part of the Council. The Council will hold a standstill period in accordance with Regulation 87.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-044a77
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008876-2024
- 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
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79341000 - Advertising services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £103,800 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 19 Mar 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 15 Mar 20241 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
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CITY & COUNTY OF SWANSEA
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@swansea.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1792637242
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SWANSEA
- Postcode
- SA1 3SN
- Post Town
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL4 Mid and South West Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL43 Swansea
- Delivery Location
- TLL18 Swansea
-
- Local Authority
- Swansea
- Electoral Ward
- Waterfront
- Westminster Constituency
- Swansea West
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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