Published date: 25 January 2016

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


Closing: 20 November 2015

Contract summary

Industry

  • Printed matter and related products - 22000000

  • Production management consultancy services - 79415000

  • Desktop publishing services - 79553000

    • Printing and related services - 79800000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£75,000

Procurement reference

UCL-PROC-200

Published date

25 January 2016

Closing date

20 November 2015

Contract start date

27 November 2015

Contract end date

27 November 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Editorial content, design & creative services for UCL Portico Magazine.

Portico Magazine is the flagship publication of the Development and Alumni Relations Office. It is produced annually and is mailed out to over 155,000 UCL alumni worldwide. It contains articles that highlight UCL involvement in current affairs, profiles alumni who are using their UCL education to make an impact on the wider world and engages the audience with institutional happenings and news.

In 2013, we evaluated the most recent issue of the magazine (then named UCL People) and found that less than 11% of the entire cost of the magazine had been spent on the actual content.

In 2014, we renamed the magazine and invested in our content further to ensure that our flagship publication continued to be impactful with our audiences. To continue this work we wish to employ an external agency to produce all editorial content for the magazine. This will include design, photography, images and written content

The purpose of this tender is to choose a supplier to produce all editorial content for the magazine inclusive of images, photography and written articles within a budget of £65,000. This fee would include the production of all content and creative services fees for this agency. The Supplier will work with UCL to apportion some of the magazine space to advertising. The Supplier will be responsible for sourcing this advertising and make it cost effective

The supplier will manage the print and fulfilment process for the magazine. This will involve working with a chosen printer from the UCL print framework, to print and fulfil the magazine for a cost of approximately £50,000 for print and £25,000 for fulfillment. We will expect you to manage this process and to invoice us for this costs.

We would ask that bidders complete this document in full and produce a two page proposal that provides us with an outline of their company services and their thoughts on how they would approach this project and would comply with all the service requirements presented in this tender.


Award information

Awarded date

30 November 2015

Contract start date

27 November 2015

Contract end date

27 November 2018

Total value of contract

£75,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

YBM

Address

2nd Floor
St Margaret's House
18-20 Southwark Street
London SE1 1TJ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement Services

Address

Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT
England

Telephone

+44 207 679 9672

Email

tenders.procurement@ucl.ac.uk