Published date: 6 September 2016

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 27 September 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Advertising and marketing services - 79340000

  • Marketing services - 79342000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£25,000 to £50,000

Procurement reference

BIP217469178

Published date

6 September 2016

Closing date

27 September 2016

Contract start date

28 November 2016

Contract end date

31 March 2017

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

NOTE: This notice was updated on 23 September 2016 for the following reason: Tender deadline extended to 5:00pm on 14/10/2016The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care services in England. We are responsible for monitoring and inspecting services to ensure they are providing care that is safe, effective, caring, responsive to people's needs and well-led.

CQC is seeking to procure digital marketing services, in order to drive greater awareness of CQC and use of our inspection information amongst key segments of our public audience. CQC will use digital marketing to reach segments of our market that research has shown most value CQC's information and services, and use the internet (primarily search engines) as a primary route to search for information in order to support decisions about which health or adult social care service to use. These segments are:

•People choosing adult social care services
•Pregnant women thinking about birth options
•People considering cosmetic surgery

This activity will support delivery of CQC's public engagement strategy and through that the organisation's corporate objectives. CQC's wider strategy for 2016-2021 commits the organisation to improve how we work with the public and people who use services. It also makes clear that raising awareness of CQCs role and purpose is central to all elements of our work with people who use services and the public more broadly.

More information

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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

About the buyer

Contact name

Commericial & Contracts Team

Address

151 Buckingham Palace Road
London
SW1W 9SZ
UK

Telephone

03000616161

Email

commercialcontracts@cqc.org.uk