Published date: 15 December 2017
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Contract summary
Industry
Marketing services - 79342000
Design consultancy services - 79415200
Public relations services - 79416000
Location of contract
North West
Value of contract
£300,000
Procurement reference
AD/SRFT/541/17-18
Published date
15 December 2017
Approach to market date
20 January 2018
Contract start date
19 March 2018
Contract end date
18 March 2021
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
The NHS Transformation Unit (TU) is an innovative and fundamentally different organisation to many others within the NHS: Specialising in large scale clinical service transformation, we are an internal NHS consultancy with a strong track record of achievement.
Wholly owned by the NHS (hosted by Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) and with an independent board, the TU has the expertise, integrity and innovation to drive health and care transformation forward at pace with the aim of reducing variation in care and transforming patient outcomes.
The NHS Transformation Unit would like to appoint a full service agency as a strategic partner in communications and marketing.
We want to provide creative content and products that make potential clients want to find out more about us and engage with our services. This will include developing resources to support a content marketing strategy to support our goal of being the preferred provider of NHS consultancy services.
Given the way that we work on behalf of clients in the NHS, it is likely that there will also be an opportunity to provide us with outsourced support on our client projects, supporting the engagement and communications work that we need to deliver for clients when require.
The contract will likely encompass creative support, digital marketing, PR and Communications and Event support.
The successful bidder will be expected to provide a range of services and throughout the contract there is likely to be a variety of requirements which will satisfy some if not all of the areas above.
The TU is currently developing its communications and engagement strategy that will help to define the activities and approaches that will be priorities for the organisation over the next three years.
This strategy will be available at the start of the contract to the successful bidder to provide greater clarity on the delivery requirements throughout the proposed term.
Whilst there will be a requirement for traditional communications and PR approaches the TU is seeking a provider who offers creative approaches to the development of a range of resources.
These should help create greater brand awareness, showcase the ability of the TU and create resources that our target audiences will want to use and keep.
The procurement process will be coordinated by Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust on behalf of the Transformation Unit.
The TU would like to host a supplier engagement day to give interested parties the opportunity to gather further information relating to our requirements. This will be held on the 19th January 2018.
Please register your interest via the EU Supply Portal (Opportunity Reference 30093, https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=UK). It is anticipated that documents will be issued in February 2018.
More information
Spend profile
| Financial year | Budget |
|---|---|
| 2017/2018 | £300,000 |
Additional text
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As detailed in the description the Trust wishes to hold a supplier engagement day on the 19th January 2018. Please register your interest to attend via the EU Supply website, https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=UK (reference 30093)
About the buyer
Contact name
Alexandra Diamond
Address
Eccles New Road
Salford
M50 1SY
England
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