Published date: 16 September 2022
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Contract summary
Industry
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000
Location of contract
England
Value of contract
£400,000 to £700,000
Procurement reference
KENT001-DN611253-47816087
Published date
16 September 2022
Closing date
15 June 2022
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
1 September 2022
Contract end date
31 August 2025
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
Libraries, Registration and Archives (LRA) is the part of the Kent County Council that deals with the registration of births, deaths, marriages, and civil partnerships. Since the 1994 Marriage Act, the service has provided licences to private venues across the county so that civil marriages can take place within them.
The Council requires a publisher for the following outlets:
- A magazine, used to promote the services (A Kentish Ceremony Magazine)
- A website, used to promote the services (www.akentishceremony.com)
- A Bereavement Guide, that features all the details people need to know about how to
register a death, and many of the other things that need to be organised at a difficult time
See below for more information on each outlets.
A Kentish Ceremony Magazine:
One of the most successful marketing channels has been the creation of 'A Kentish Wedding Magazine' in 1997. This magazine, now called A Kentish Ceremony Magazine, is now available quarterly and covers a mixture of information about the service's ceremonies, an index and map containing all the Approved Premises available in the county, advertising for appropriate suppliers, wedding fayre diary, articles and editorial. The magazine is distributed in several exclusive ways including via the service's Register
Offices, Libraries, website, and through a number of wedding fayres and events referred to above - which the service's staff often attend.
The magazine will be published quarterly in an A4 format and will include a range of content to promote:
• Kentish Wedding ceremonies and venues
• Kentish Partnership ceremonies and venues
• Kentish Welcoming ceremonies and venues
• Kentish Renewal of Vows ceremonies and venues
• Kent Register Offices
A Kentish Ceremony Website (akentishceremony.com):
The akentishceremony.com website continues to go from strength-to-strength with a high number of unique visitors per year. The service provider will need to facilitate website maintenance and improvements, and facilitate website orders of the magazine.
Bereavement Guide:
The Bereavement Guide is an annual publication that features all the details people need to know about how to register a death and many of the other things that need to be organised at a difficult time. As part of the Kent Registration Service, the Council have unique distribution via its Register Offices, and it has agreements in place for distribution across Kent hospitals and hospices. Approx. 15000 copies are printed each November Circa
More information
Award information
Awarded date
11 August 2022
Contract start date
1 September 2022
Contract end date
31 August 2025
Total value of contract
£420,000
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
Sideways Media Ltd
Address
S.11 Coachworks,
Dover Place,
Ashford, Kent
TN24 1HU
Country
United KingdomReference
None
Supplier is SME?
Yes
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Address
Sessions House
Maidstone
ME14 1XQ
United Kingdom
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