--- title: "Cambridgeshire County Council Request for Quotation - Delivery of Marketing Services for The Library Presents programme" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-3fa36f19-c680-480d-88a9-7038092656bf" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-3fa36f19-c680-480d-88a9-7038092656bf" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-3fa36f19-c680-480d-88a9-7038092656bf.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-3fa36f19-c680-480d-88a9-7038092656bf.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2021-02-10" --- # Cambridgeshire County Council Request for Quotation - Delivery of Marketing Services for The Library Presents programme Buyer: CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3fa36f19-c680-480d-88a9-7038092656bf [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-3fa36f19-c680-480d-88a9-7038092656bf) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-3fa36f19-c680-480d-88a9-7038092656bf.json) ## Summary Cambridgeshire County Council is seeking quotations for the delivery of marketing services for 'The Library Presents' programme, which aims to provide diverse and inclusive arts activities across Cambridgeshire. This tender is classified under business services and recreational, cultural, and sporting services, with a tender period ending on 1st March 2021. The contract, valued at £26,000, will commence on 1st April 2021 and is set to conclude on 31st March 2023. Interested parties should note that the delivery addresses are located in the East of England. This procurement offers significant opportunities for marketing and communications firms, especially those focusing on arts and cultural promotion. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) would be well-suited to compete, as they can leverage local knowledge and networks to enhance the visibility of the programme. Successful bidders will play a vital role in shaping the marketing strategy, increasing engagement, and ensuring that community members participate in this vibrant series of arts activities. ## Notice Creating a vibrant, exciting, diverse and inclusive programme of high quality arts activities with Libraries across Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire County Council is a National Portfolio Organisation funded by Arts Council England to run 'The Library Presents' in partnership with Babylon ARTS for five years, until March 2023. 'The Library Presents' programme brings high quality arts activities into towns and villages across Cambridgeshire. The programme aims to inspire and deliver a vibrant inclusive programme of high quality arts activities in accessible and welcoming venues. By 2023 our communities will enjoy, experience and expect locally chosen and diverse arts activities across the County. We aim to raise the ambition and professionalism of programming in libraries, so that over the four years we are increasingly able to programme excellent, diverse and 'stretching' work - ensuring that high quality cultural activity becomes part of the core offer of the library service. Residents, staff and volunteers will get the best quality participatory, performance, digital and visual arts work and learning experience. Currently there are 25 participating libraries in each season of TLP events. There are four seasons of events planned for the coming 2 years, the first starts May 2021, with precise timing, content and approach to be decided for the remainder, based upon Covid guidance. However, we would hope to return to our pre-Covid schedule, which would be ticketed events in libraries for three months each season, Spring and Autumn). Our existing Marketing Plan focusses on developing a County-wide presence and recognition for The Library Presents and a strategy to ensure the programme is well attended. This includes clear project branding, print and digital marketing, press coverage, and the use of social media. The audience development and marketing also relies heavily on promotion at the local level. Marketing and promotion is one of our main challenges and you will become a partner in ensuring that positive promotion reaches more potential audience members, in collaboration with the extended team of TLP, Corporate Communications, libraries, external colleagues and partners. Your role will be to increase the visibility of the programme through comms channels and lead on driving traffic to our website and the ticketing webpages. You will create news stories and articles and lead on social media. We will also expect the successful bidder to advise on possible marketing and communications improvements for future seasons and additional channels to explore. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c8bd80b0-f1a6-497f-ab5e-eb6f38fbd564 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Other - | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 10 Feb 2021 | | Submission deadline | 1 Mar 2021 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Mar 2021 - 31 Mar 2023 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £26,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL | | Locality | CAMBRIDGE | | Post town | Cambridge | | Postcode | CB3 0AP | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLH East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | | ITL 3 | TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC | | Local authority | Cambridge | | Electoral ward | Castle | | Westminster constituency | Cambridge | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services ### Codes - 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 92000000 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services ## Release History - 10 Feb 2021 at 16:34 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c8bd80b0-f1a6-497f-ab5e-eb6f38fbd564 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c8bd80b0-f1a6-497f-ab5e-eb6f38fbd564 10th February 2021 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=cfdf019a-936b-eb11-8108-005056b64545 Advert ## Notice URLs - https://procontract.due-north.com/Login ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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