Notice Information
Notice Title
PR Services in North America
Notice Description
VisitScotland has contracted with two full-service Public Relations agencies with specialised expertise in the travel sector to deliver a wide portfolio of PR activities in the US and Canada in support of VisitScotland's global brand strategy.
Lot Information
Consumer Focus PR
VisitScotland has contracted with two full-service Public Relations agencies (one for each lot) with specialised expertise in the travel sector to deliver a wide portfolio of PR activities in the US and Canada in support of VisitScotland's global brand strategy. Lot 1 is for a Consumer-focused PR Service.
Renewal: 2 x 12-month extensions
Business to Business Focus PRVisitScotland has contracted with two full-service Public Relations agencies (one for each lot) with specialised expertise in the travel sector to deliver a wide portfolio of PR activities in the US and Canada in support of VisitScotland's global brand strategy. Lot 2 is for a Business to Business-focused PR service.
Renewal: 2 x 12-month extensions
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000703319
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR475825
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- 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
79416000 - Public relations services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £935,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Apr 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 19 Sep 2022Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 20 Jan 20233 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- 36 months
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- VISITSCOTLAND
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Eileen O'Neill
- Contact Email
- eileen.oneill@visitscotland.com, ictservicesandsoftwareteam@gov.scot, karin.finlay@gov.scot, sarah.pagan@gov.scot
- Contact Phone
- +44 1314722222, +44 1412420133
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH6 6JH
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM3 West Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM32 Glasgow City
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Glasgow City
- Electoral Ward
- Anderston/City/Yorkhill
- Westminster Constituency
- Glasgow North
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=AUG456357&idx=2
15th August 2022 - SoR (Consumer) -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=AUG456357&idx=3
15th August 2022 - Situational Tasks (Consumer) -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=AUG456357&idx=4
15th August 2022 - SoR (B2B) -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=AUG456357&idx=5
15th August 2022 - Pricing Schedule -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=AUG456357&idx=6
15th August 2022 - Form of Contract -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG456357
PR Services in North America - VisitScotland is looking to contract one or more full-service Public Relations agencies with specialised expertise in the travel sector to deliver a wide portfolio of PR activities in the US and Canada in support of VisitScotland's global brand strategy. -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR475825
PR Services in North America - VisitScotland has contracted with two full-service Public Relations agencies with specialised expertise in the travel sector to deliver a wide portfolio of PR activities in the US and Canada in support of VisitScotland's global brand strategy.
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