Notice Information
Notice Title
ANDBC Tender for the Provision of Council Advertising Services (Recruitment, Public Notices and Tenders)
Notice Description
Tenders are sought by Ards and North Down Borough Council for the Provision of Council Advertising Services (Recruitment, Public Notices and Tenders). Full details of the requirement were included within the Specification.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: The Contract will initially be awarded for a period of two years with the option to extend for a further 3 x 12-month periods, subject to satisfactory performance, and by mutual agreement of both parties.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05565f
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072144-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details 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
79341000 - Advertising services
79341200 - Advertising management services
79341400 - Advertising campaign services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- £462,500 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- £462,500 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Nov 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 29 Jul 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 23 Oct 20254 months ago
- Contract Period
- 6 Nov 2025 - 5 Nov 2027 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- 2030-07-01
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ARDS AND NORTH DOWN BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- 0300 013 3333
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BANGOR
- Postcode
- BT20 4BT
- 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)
- TLN09 Ards and North Down
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Ards and North Down
- Electoral Ward
- Castle
- Westminster Constituency
- North Down
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072144-2025
7th November 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068031-2025
24th October 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036279-2025
1st July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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