Published date: 13 November 2023

This notice was replaced on 9 February 2024

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Awarded contract (published 9 February 2024)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Advertising and marketing services - 79340000

  • Marketing management consultancy services - 79413000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£80,000

Procurement reference

BOURN001-DN694993-36689875

Published date

13 November 2023

Closing date

13 December 2023

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

1 January 2024

Contract end date

1 April 2026

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?

No

Description

The Council is seeking a supplier to provide marketing advice for the Better Boscombe Regeneration initiative.
The anticipated start date of the contract is January 2024. The contract will be for two years with no option to extend.
The Better Boscombe Regeneration initiative is funded by the Department of Levelling Up's prestigious Towns Fund Programme, with £22.7m allocated to ten projects in the Boscombe area through the Bournemouth Town Investment Plan.
The Towns Fund team require a marketing and PR agency to provide a full range of Services including: marketing strategy advice, design, print, implementation of campaigns, website and social media, PR, photography and videography to help achieve the objectives of the programme. The commission will require an account manager to understand the brief and support the delivery of various products to achieve these objectives.
This is needed to ensure that we fulfil the aims and objectives of the approved Towns Fund Communications Strategy which is to support seven diverse, but linked campaigns which will have targeted implementation plans with a strong emphasis on benefitting the community through training, arts, culture, innovation.
To access the procurement documentation, bidders must click on the 'Register interest in this opportunity' button in the top right. Once bidders have registered their interest they can access the full procurement documentation from 'My Activities' on the home page. Bidders must ensure that they complete and submit the required documentation prior to the deadline indicated and in accordance with the instructions within the procurement documentation.

More information

Links

Additional text

'Suppliers interested in this opportunity can access the full procurement documentation by visiting BCP Council's Tendering system
www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk

Suppliers should search for the opportunity through Supplying the South West. There are further details of the opportunity on the advert published on www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk and instructions on how suppliers can access the procurement documentation for completion.

Responses to the opportunity must be submitted electronically through www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk before the deadline shown on the system.

If you are unable to access the advert for the opportunity through www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk please contact the Council using the contact details provided.

About the buyer

Address

BCP Council
Civic Centre, Bourne Avenue
Bournemouth
BH2 6DY
England

Email

procurement@bcpcouncil.gov.uk