Published date: 18 December 2020

This notice was replaced on 9 April 2021

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Awarded contract (published 9 April 2021)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Marketing services - 79342000

  • Public relations services - 79416000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£120,000

Procurement reference

SP1710

Published date

18 December 2020

Closing date

18 January 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Fresh, Smoke Free North East and Balance the North East Alcohol Office are Public Health funded organisations based in the North East of England. Their respective remits are to reduce the harm caused by tobacco and alcohol amongst their local population using a multi-strand approach based on best national and international evidence.
A key element of their work and priority of local funders is the delivery of all year round news and social media activity to ensure topical issues and messages to foster behaviour change are in the public eye all year round on the channels that people see, read and hear, providing a highly cost effective return on investment. This also involves building support for measures to reduce smoking and harmful drinking, and engaging and motivating key partners.
While the exact scope of work from month to month may need to be flexible, central to the offering will be providing a core press office function, supporting writing and localisation of press releases with figures, case studies and spokespeople, handling time sensitive media enquiries, looking for new champions and evaluating reach and return on investment.
The contract is for 12 months with the option to extend for a further four periods of 12 months if funding is available.

More information

Additional text

To express an interest in the opportunity please click on the following link

https://www.cardea.nhs.uk/Cardea/DisplayModules/TradeModules/Negotiations/Opportunities/ViewOpportunityEvent.aspx?EventID=4278&Culture=en-GB

About the buyer

Contact name

Rebecca Dexter

Address

CDD Services, The Centre for Health,Traynor Way, Whitehouse Business Park
Peterlee,
County Durham
SR8 2RU
England

Telephone

01915692806

Email

rebecca.dexter@nhs.net