Published date: 5 April 2024

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 15 January 2024, 10am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000

  • Advertising and marketing services - 79340000

  • Marketing services - 79342000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£0 to £96,375

Procurement reference

20240405084039-146564

Published date

5 April 2024

Closing date

15 January 2024

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

16 January 2024

Contract end date

31 May 2024

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

Phase one: brand narrative development • Immersion in the region to appreciate its assets, challenges, development opportunities, spatial relationships, connectivity and gateways. • Rigorous stakeholder and audience mapping to identify target audiences and the most appropriate stakeholders to listen to, to develop a regional brand narrative. • Desk research of relevant strategies, plans, and policies covering the region along with media coverage and social media content. • Stakeholder engagement at a senior level with key individuals, groups and organisations both inside and outside the region e.g.focus groups, interviews etc. • Analysis of the immersion, research and stakeholder engagement to develop an evidence base to create a place led narrative for the region. Presentation of the evidence base and recommended narrative to the Partnership's Branding and Identity Steering Group along with recommendations for brand name approach. • Creation of the Oxford to Cambridge regional brand narrative (as a c1500 word document) aimed at stakeholders. Phase two: Visual brand identity - to progress subject to satisfactory progress made on brand narrative development (Phase 1), and endorsed by the pan-Regional Partnership's Branding and Identity Steering Group. • Production of a visual language and visual identity to convey the narrative including any place-led photography required (with the provider taking responsibility for any logistics) to convey the narrative and highlight the assets of the region. • Creation of a place brand toolkit, including logos, fonts, colour palettes, photography and core assets, and brand use guidelines.


Award information

Awarded date

31 January 2024

Contract start date

1 February 2024

Contract end date

30 June 2024

Total value of contract

£96,375

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Thinking Place Ltd

Address

Pendleton Suite
Halls Arms Business Centre
Clitheroe Road
Knowle Green
Preston
PR3 2XR

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

Debbie Keogh

Address

Bodicote House, White Post Road
Banbury
OX15 4AA
ENG

Telephone

+44 01295221839

Email

Debbie.Keogh@cherwell-dc.gov.uk