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title: "Highways England Staff Magazine 2021"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0290e4"
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# Highways England Staff Magazine 2021

Buyer: HIGHWAYS ENGLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0290e4

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## Summary

The procurement process involves Highways England seeking a supplier for the "Highways England Staff Magazine 2021," classified under publishing services within the services industry. The procurement method is an open procedure, currently in the award stage following a complete status. The contract, valued at £232,483, was signed on 12 January 2021, and will cater to offices and operational staff throughout the UK.

This tender presents significant opportunities for publishing companies, particularly those with a focus on internal communications, digital media, and inclusivity. Firms that excel in creating engaging content, have experience in producing similar corporate publications, and can deliver high-quality digital formats will be well-suited to compete. The magazine aims to enhance staff engagement through storytelling, making it essential for candidates to demonstrate capabilities in effective communication strategies and innovative media solutions.

## Notice

Highways England's Communications directorate are seeking to appoint a single supplier to produce a quarterly internal magazine for both office based and on-road staff. The magazine is expected support the underlying principles of the business' Internal Communications Strategy, which are; * Consistency in messaging * Clear purpose for each channel * Reduce duplication (and channels) * Build in two-way capability * Manager reference library * Measure outcomes not outputs * More targeted comms In addition to this, Highways expect the successful supplier to bring Journalistic inquisitiveness, experience and focus to ensure the magazine appeals to staff who have an interest in internal business topics, infrastructure, construction and engineering.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Highways England's Communications directorate are seeking to appoint a single supplier to produce a quarterly internal magazine for both office based and on-road staff. The magazine is expected support the underlying principles of the business' Internal Communications Strategy, which are; * Consistency in messaging * Clear purpose for each channel * Reduce duplication (and channels) * Build in two-way capability * Manager reference library * Measure outcomes not outputs * More targeted comms In addition to this, Highways expect the successful supplier to bring Journalistic inquisitiveness, experience and focus to ensure the magazine appeals to staff who have an interest in internal business topics, infrastructure, construction and engineering. Over the last 3 years Highways England's staff magazine has evolved to the point where its key focus is now on the people who make things happen within the business as opposed to the details of the organisations work. The magazine is to continue representing the culture, diversity and environment of HE employees with content being driven by colleagues telling their story through experiences. The successful supplier is to ensure the magazine focuses on; * Achievements and contributions to the business * HR related content * Corporate training * People related project launches or news In line with both the organisational environmental strategy, Highways England are expecting the magazine to move to a digital format which includes video content, photo galleries, scalability etc meaning the magazine must be accessible across a range of devices, however it is important that the business are able to retain print on demand features.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002429-2021 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 5 Feb 2021 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 12 Jan 2021 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £232,483 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | HIGHWAYS ENGLAND |
| Locality | LEEDS |
| Post town | Leeds |
| Postcode | LS11 9AT |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE42 Leeds |
| Local authority | Leeds |
| Electoral ward | Beeston & Holbeck |
| Westminster constituency | Leeds South |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | AB PUBLISHING |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79970000 - Publishing services

## Release History

- 5 Feb 2021 at 22:56 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002429-2021

## Notice URLs

- https://highwaysengland.co.uk/
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:440808-2020:TEXT:EN:HTML

## Provenance

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