Notice Information
Notice Title
IM North America 2025
Notice Description
This Contract was awarded by an open procurement . The contract is for the provision of the International Markets (IM) service in the North America (USA & Canada) region. A Contract for a period of 63 months will be put in place, which includes an implementation period of 3 months and two possible extension periods of 12 months each.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This Contract was awarded by an open procurement . The contract is for the provision of the International Markets (IM) service in the North America (USA & Canada) region. A Contract for a period of 63 months will be put in place, which includes an implementation period of 3 months and two possible extension periods of 12 months each.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0486fe
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005618-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79900000 - Miscellaneous business and business-related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,340,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £2,219,150 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 18 Feb 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 11 Nov 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Nov 2024Expired
- Award Date
- 20 Jan 20251 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
- DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS AND TRADE
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- commercialbpo@businessandtrade.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- N/A
- Post Town
- Not specified
- Country
- Not specified
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- Not specified
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- Not specified
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- Not specified
- Delivery Location
- TLI London
-
- 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
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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