Published date: 4 March 2015

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Awarded contract (published 23 March 2018)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

SN2 1UE

Value of contract

£100,000 to £140,000

Procurement reference

PS150053

Published date

4 March 2015

Closing date

20 March 2015

Contract start date

1 May 2015

Contract end date

30 April 2016

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?

Yes

Description

Innovate UK is looking to engage a strategic communications agency, for a period of 2 years, to support our internal team in delivering the various communications initiatives that contribute to our thought leadership strategy - under our Flagship communications programme, Strategic Communications. A fundamental element of the plan is the delivery of an on-going key stakeholder engagement programme with the associated communications tactics that this will entail. This is an extension of earlier work conducted by Innovate UK to identify key stakeholders and their current awareness and attitudes towards Innovate UK.In Q4 2014 we instigated a strategic communications planning project involving comprehensive stakeholder mapping, plotting existing stakeholder relationships, current views, together with an analysis of key stakeholders with whom we should engage and why. This project, completed in January 2015, concluded with a planned and proactive programme of stakeholder engagement opportunities involving Innovate UK Executive Management team members and other named senior team members. It also produced the Innovate UK key message document and the early drafts of the Innovate UK Agenda - a thought leadership paper outlining Innovate UK's points of view on the current innovation landscape.
This brief is for the provision of on-going support in the execution of the planning and delivery of a programme of stakeholder engagement and will encompass, but not be limited to, the following types of activities:

• Help develop, maintain and support the implementation of an overall communications strategy for Innovate UK, with particular focus on the annual stakeholder engagement plan.
• Contribute to the development of a key stakeholder engagement plan for the new Innovate UK CEO, due to join in May
• Provide strategic support to the Chief Executive, & Director of Communications.
• Carry out regular reviews of the Innovate UK key messages and stakeholder map.
• Put in place an agreed form of measurement for the above programme.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Sarah Palmer

Address

North Star House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FF
England

Email

ProfessionalServices@uksbs.co.uk