Published date: 3 November 2021

Last edited date: 3 November 2021

This notice was replaced on 3 November 2021

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Opportunity (published 3 November 2021, last edited 3 November 2021)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Advertising services - 79341000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£120,000 to £450,000

Procurement reference

RBG001-DN580041-63014432

Published date

3 November 2021

Closing date

2 December 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 March 2022

Contract end date

31 March 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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Council is legally obliged to produce statutory notices, promote key services and
provide information to residents to enable them to access its services. The awarded
contractor will therefore be expected to provide a weekly publication, with a minimum
guaranteed circulation delivered door to door in the borough. The publication will need to
meet the criteria required to run statutory notices and will need to be delivered in line with
ABC audited reporting standards (see www.abc.org.uk for more details). If the contractor
does not currently meet ABC audit rules, the Council will allow it a period of up to 9 months
to gain ABC verification.
The successful contractor will need to supplement door to door deliveries with copies of the
publication being made available from pick up bins in hard to reach areas and online for
residents who prefer to receive their information in a digital format. The contractor will also
be expected to ensure that the advertisements are published in the context of engaging local
editorial content which helps to positively inform local residents about the measures that
their neighbours and local service providers are undertaking to make the borough a great
place to live, work, learn and visit.

The Royal Borough of Greenwich cannot guarantee an on-going minimum or maximum
volume of statutory notices and other advertising. However it is anticipated that the value of
the minimum value of the contract will be approximately 40 000 GBP and the maximum
value will be around 150 000 GBP.
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement
documents
The terms and conditions of contract that have been published alongside this
notice in the Invitation to tender (ITT) pack are subject to change before the ITT stage of this
process commences. The evaluation criteria will be based on the Most economically
advantageous tender (MEAT).

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

SPS 2160 - Statutory Notices and Advertising Contract

  • Opportunity
  • Published 3 November 2021

Additional text

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement
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documents.
This procurement will be managed electronically via the RBG Proactis Procontract
etendering
suite. To participate in the procurement, participants shall first be registered on
the e-tendering suite. If bidders have not yet registered on the e-tendering suite, this can be
done online at https://royalgreenwich.proactishosting.com/ by following the link
https://procontract.duenorth.com/register.
Please note that, to register, bidders must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun
and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a
contract if invited to do so. Note: registration may take some time please ensure that you
allow a sufficient amount of time to register. Full instructions can be found at
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About the buyer

Contact name

Andrew Clark

Address

3rd Floor, The Woolwich Centre
35 Wellington Street, Woolwich
London
SE18 6HQ
England

Telephone

+44 2089214334

Email

andrew.clark@royalgreenwich.gov.uk

Website

http://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/