PR Agency Services

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            "name": "Pension Protection Fund",
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                "email": "commercialservices@ppf.co.uk"
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                "description": "This is not a call for competition. This notice is intended to alert potential suppliers of the opportunity to take part in the pre-market engagement for the PPF's PR Agency re-procurement and direct them to a short questionnaire as part of our pre-tender market engagement. The PPF's contract for PR Agency services is set to expire in November 2025. We are seeking to engage PR agencies to assist us in exploring our options. The Request for Information (RFI) engagement will be conducted on the PPFs e-procurement portal at: https://ppf.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html This RFI will provide feedback and evidence to support the procurement strategy.",
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        "title": "PR Agency Services",
        "description": "We are tendering to appoint a PR Agency to work on behalf of the PPF. The Agency will be expected to support and deliver strategic communications, a full media service supporting the development and issuing of materials, determining best channels and publications, building media relations, narrative development, identifying media opportunities in the broadest form, supporting spokespeople with training, briefing and preparation, crisis support, developing thought leadership capabilities, relevant stakeholder engagement, and campaign management, with a strong emphasis on sector expertise, performance measurement, and governance. We will look to our agency for horizon scanning and knowledge sharing to guide and inform us on best practice, new channels and approaches and the external climate/market. We will be appointing a single service provider to deliver PR and related Agency Services. The contract will be for an initial term of 2 (two) years with optional extensions to take the maximum possible term to 8 (eight) years. The total estimated contract value for the purpose of this notice has been calculated as a range between PS1,280,000 and PS1,408,000 over the maximum contract term of 8 years. The PPF is evolving within a changing market and future needs for additional PR agency services is possible. This may lead to price revisions and increased fees over the duration of the contract, though the extent of these additional services in not guaranteed. In the event there was a significant increase in the PPF's remit this may necessitate an amendment to the overall contract value. However this known, unknown value cannot be predicted at this stage.",
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                    "endDate": "2028-06-30T23:59:59+01:00",
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                            "description": "The technical evaluation is weighted at 80%. Further details and the sub-criteria is explained further in the tender documents. https://ppf.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html",
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                            "description": "The commercial evaluation is weighted at 20%. Price will be evaluated using a relative price scoring method. This method is explained further in the tender documents.https://ppf.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html",
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                            "description": "These details can be found in the tender documents and online PSQ form Full details of the requirements and how to respond are available in the Information and Guidance document which can be found at: https://ppf.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/"
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                            "description": "These details can be found in the tender documents and online PSQ form Full details of the requirements and how to respond are available in the Information and Guidance document which can be found at: https://ppf.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/"
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            "features": "This procurement will follow a three-stage Competitive Flexible Procedure. Stage 1 (Conditions of Participation) will assess supplier eligibility and capability through a PSQ to produce a shortlist. Stage 2 (Invitation to Tender) will require shortlisted suppliers to submit full tenders, supported by clarification and negotiation as needed. Stage 3 (Presentations) will invite the highest-scoring suppliers to present their proposals before final evaluation. Following completion of all three stages, we will select the successful supplier. For further details please refer to the tender documentation."
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