Published date: 12 September 2017

Last edited date: 12 September 2017

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 23 June 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£1,800,000 to £2,000,000

Procurement reference

DVNCC001-DN227801-46052241

Published date

12 September 2017

Closing date

23 June 2017

Contract start date

1 September 2017

Contract end date

31 August 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Devon County Council (DCC) is 1 of the region's largest employers, with 14 537 staff providing services to 766 100 people across the county. As a provider of public services, we are committed to equal opportunities in employment and service delivery.

The Human Resources (HR) team supports managers across DCC, other local authorities including District Councils, not for profit organisations and external customers, with all their routine recruitment needs. DCC's HR team will act as a central point for all recruitment procedures, both for the authority, and its external customers.
To recruit staff effectively, DCC needs to access a broad range of recruitment advertising and other resource related services, making use of several different kinds of approaches in order to attract the most suitable candidates, both to fill its own needs and those of the not for profit partner organisations with which we work.

DCC requires suppliers to provide the following tasks:

- Media planning and buying (including negotiating discounts on behalf of the customer);

- Develop and place job advertisements for job vacancies (routine and creative via various media channels);

- Provide all services in relation to production (including proofreading, copy editing, copy writing and type setting.);

- Provide all services in relation to creative work (including design, specialist artwork, print work etc.);

- Conduct media and recruitment research;

- Assist in developing an employer branding strategy;

- Monitor the quality of final advert production;

- Provide an analysis of advertising outcomes (for example, number of views per media with number of applications made).

- Provide advice on media recruitment topics such as:

- Sourcing strategies,

- Search engine optimisation,

- Web based services and social media,

- Use of advertisement wording,

- Appropriate media selection,

- Cost effective media selection,

- Reaching the target audience,

- Composite style adverts and advert content.

Provide other related media and related services which will include:

- Account management,

- Campaign management,

- Digital consultancy,

Award information

Awarded date

11 September 2017

Contract start date

12 September 2017

Contract end date

11 September 2019

Total value of contract

£2,000,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

ThirtyThree LLP

Address

EC1R 0AW

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Paul Kirby

Address

County Hall
Topsham Road
Exeter
EX2 4QD
England

Telephone

+44 1392383000

Email

paul.kirby@devon.gov.uk

Website

https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/