Published date: 4 March 2025

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 1 April 2025, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • World wide web (www) site design services - 72413000

  • Advertising consultancy services - 79341100

  • Advertising management services - 79341200

    • Advertising campaign services - 79341400

    • Direct marketing services - 79342100

    • Promotional services - 79342200

    • Customer services - 79342300

    • Marketing management consultancy services - 79413000

Location of contract

M15JW

Value of contract

£90,000 to £540,000

Procurement reference

GC25-016-114

Published date

4 March 2025

Closing date

1 April 2025

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

15 April 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2026

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?

Yes

Description

The Growth Company (GC) is seeking to appoint a Full Service Marketing services provider. The successful supplier will support GM Business Growth Hub as well as other parts of the GC Group Companies.

This Contract is being commissioned by the Growth Company, however the primary day to day client of the contract will be GM Business Growth Hub (the Hub) and the Hub's key requirements have been identified within this tender document. There will be an ad hoc need for other parts of the GC group of companies to call off from the contract.

The hub will primarily be supported through a monthly retainer model with the chosen supplier, however, additional project based pieces of work will be called off by other parts of the GC Group and by the Hub for work outside of the retainer provision.

There will be a requirement to work with other agencies, suppliers and third-party partners, including contracted suppliers for copywriting, PR Services, website design, direct mail, electronic direct mail, videography/photography and print services.

Key deliverables are:

1) Monthly Retainer Services.
2) Campaign Strategy and Planning.
3) Digital Marketing and Social Media.
4) Content Development and Design.
5) Website development.
6) Data and insight driven activity.
7) Reporting and Performance monitoring.

To apply for this tender opportunity, please register as a supplier on the Panacea Supplier Platform at the following web address: https://app.panacea-software.com/growth

Once you have accessed the site, to view the opportunity you need to navigate to 'Register Interest', click the 'Participate' Button, then navigate to 'My Questionnaires' where you will be able to download the documents. Your tender submission must be made on the Panacea Portal. Please ensure ALL the relevant tender documents are included within the 'Response' section of the Questionnaire. You can add these individually or utilise a Zip folder to submit your response. Once uploaded, this will allow you to 'Submit' your bid.

The documents contain instructions and information for your tender, including specification of requirements, and the key assessment and evaluation criteria that will be used to assess offers.

The deadline for submission of the required documents is at 17:00pm on Tuesday 1st April 2025.

More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

Marc Ripley

Address

Lee House
Manchester
M15JW
England

Email

tenders@growthco.uk