--- title: "Soft Market Testing (CF) - Communication channels for advertising to City Workers" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-18380d20-77ec-4d51-ad26-4544258fd1e5" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-18380d20-77ec-4d51-ad26-4544258fd1e5" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-18380d20-77ec-4d51-ad26-4544258fd1e5.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-18380d20-77ec-4d51-ad26-4544258fd1e5.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION" published: "2021-07-12" --- # Soft Market Testing (CF) - Communication channels for advertising to City Workers Buyer: CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-18380d20-77ec-4d51-ad26-4544258fd1e5 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-18380d20-77ec-4d51-ad26-4544258fd1e5) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-18380d20-77ec-4d51-ad26-4544258fd1e5.json) ## Summary The City of London Corporation is currently in the planning stage of a soft market testing process titled "Soft Market Testing (CF) - Communication channels for advertising to City Workers." This initiative aims to explore effective communication channels that can reach City workers in a timely and cost-effective manner. Interested parties must submit their responses to the market testing questionnaire by 12:00 PM on 3rd August 2021. The relevant procurement industry category is advertising services, and this process is crucial for understanding stakeholder engagement in the context of the unique role the City Corporation plays beyond standard local authority services. This tender represents a valuable opportunity for businesses, particularly those in advertising and communication services, to contribute their insights and potentially influence future procurement decisions by the City of London Corporation. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are encouraged to participate, as their expertise may align well with the City’s needs to enhance its engagement with City workers. Participation in the soft market testing will not incur costs reimbursed by the authority, and all expressions of interest can be submitted through the City’s e-procurement portal. ## Notice The City of London Corporation (the 'City') is carrying out Pre-procurement market engagement ('PPME') in relation to Communication channels for advertising to City workers. The City has regularly carried out surveys with its stakeholder audiences to determine the level of knowledge of the organisation, its role and services and satisfaction with its activities. This is due to the fact that the City Corporation, while providing many services often associated with a local authority, is not a local authority and indeed its work goes far beyond to encompass support and promotion of City, London and UK business as a whole and a range of other services for the benefit of the country. The aim is to ensure the organisation is better understood by City workers. The purpose of this market engagement is to understand which external communication channels exist that can reach this audience in a timely and cost-effective manner. The City will consider the feedback received to help inform its options and further decision making. For the avoidance of doubt, this phase of the project is not part of a formal procurement process and the City is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process. Participation or non-participation in the PPME shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the PPME shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participation in the PPME will be at each organisation's own cost. No expense in responding to this PPME will be reimbursed by the City. Additional information: This is a soft market testing exercise in relation to a requirement the City of London Corporation (the City) has for Communication channels for advertising to City workers. The soft market testing will involve the submission of the SMT questionnaire - to be received by 12.00pm on 03.08.2021 via the capital esourcingportal. If your organisation would like to participate in this market engagement exercise, it can do so by completing and returning the market testing questionnaire which can be found on the City's e-procurement portal at www.capitalesourcing.com Participants should register as a supplier on the portal on the aforementioned link (if not already), then search for the opportunity titled 'Communication channels for advertising to City Workers' where the questionnaire can be obtained. Please ensure the questionnaire is uploaded to the capital esourcing portal www.capitalesourcing.com by 12.00pm on 03.08.2020 ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3adb6795-7b98-4be0-a2a6-24fc289b0d3b | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 12 Jul 2021 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 3 Aug 2021 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION | | Locality | CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION, GUILDHALL, PO BOX 270 | | Post town | Central London | | Postcode | EC2P 2EJ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East | | ITL 3 | TLI43 Haringey and Islington | | Local authority | Islington | | Electoral ward | Clerkenwell | | Westminster constituency | Islington South and Finsbury | | Delivery location | TLI London | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 79341000 - Advertising services ## Release History - 12 Jul 2021 at 10:30 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3adb6795-7b98-4be0-a2a6-24fc289b0d3b ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3adb6795-7b98-4be0-a2a6-24fc289b0d3b 12th July 2021 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.capitalesourcing.com Soft Market Testing (CF) - Communication channels for advertising to City WorkeSoft Market Testing - Communication channels for advertising to City Workers ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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