Published date: 7 June 2019

This notice was replaced on 22 July 2019

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 22 July 2019)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Marketing services - 79342000

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland

Value of contract

£1

Procurement reference

tender_209625/774979

Published date

7 June 2019

Closing date

27 June 2019

Contract start date

15 July 2019

Contract end date

30 September 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The National Lottery Promotions Unit requires a digital service provider to create and manage a social media voting solution for the 2019 National Lottery Awards. The social media voting will primarily take place on Twitter and employ trackable and verifiable voting hashtags or a suitable alternative voting mechanism. Within budget the unit would also like to explore voting on other social media platforms such as Facebook or Instagram.

The appointed agency will be responsible for Monitoring and counting social media for votes, creating daily reports throughout the voting period with tallies for each individual project that are adjudicated by the Electoral Reform Service.
Ensuring voting is within the Electoral reform services rules and guidance, this includes a vetting process for votes so that only one vote is counted from each account in their respective categories.
Responding within an hour for urgent enquiries and within a day for non-urgent enquiries regarding this system.
Providing a live dashboard for the NLPU to be able to see the social media voting figures
To be compatible with GDPR legislation regarding the secure transfer of Data.

It is expected there will be around 50 finalists competing in 5 categories. However, is subject to official confirmation.

Please refer to the detailed specification available at the Bravo e-tendering portal.

About the buyer

Address

1 Plough Place
London
EC4A 1DE
England

Email

procurement@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk