Published date: 14 January 2019

Last edited date: 14 January 2019

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: 25 January 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Crisis management services - 79430000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£20,833

Procurement reference

tender_196402/733369

Published date

14 January 2019

Closing date

25 January 2019

Contract start date

8 February 2019

Contract end date

28 June 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

The Big Lottery Fund (the Fund) is seeking to strengthen its communications response to unexpected scenarios (\"crisis communications\"). As a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Cabinet Office we expect our standards of response to be transparent, effective and timely and as such we are reviewing our communications response and scenario planning and require a suitably qualified, skilled and experienced service provider to support us in this activity.

The Fund has recently reviewed and revised its crisis communications plans, which identifies communications processes and responses in an unexpected scenario. In order to test and improve this plan we are looking for an expert communications provider to work with us to create a simulation exercise to test these processes and make improvements.

The service provider will work with the Fund's Communications Team to devise a series of possible scenarios and design and run a simulation exercise that captures all of the Fund's communication channels (e.g. press, political, website/ social media). This will result in a half-day session with members of the Fund's Senior Management Team and the Communications Team, and will include a write-up of the simulation that will help to inform the Fund's policies and plans.


More information

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About the buyer

Address

1 Plough Place
London
EC4A 1DE
England

Email

Procurement@biglotteryfund.org.uk

Website

https://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk