Published date: 1 April 2015

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: 17 April 2015

Contract summary

Industry

  • Advertising and marketing services - 79340000

  • Marketing management consultancy services - 79413000

  • Public relations services - 79416000

    • Event services - 79952000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£120,000 to £150,000

Procurement reference

UK SBS PS150038 Integrated Marketing Communications Requirement

Published date

1 April 2015

Closing date

17 April 2015

Contract start date

4 May 2015

Contract end date

31 December 2015

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

In order to build awareness, understanding and recognition with our key audiences and stakeholder groups, Innovate UK needs to tell a simple story about what we are and what we do. With the wide range of challenge areas and responsive programmes that we focus on, we are diverse organisation seeding out messages in a complex and fragmented media landscape. Our messaging and campaign activity will need to converge at the right time order to tell this simple, but detailed story of who we are.

More information

Attachments

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About the buyer

Contact name

John Welch

Address

North Star House
North Star Avenue
swindon
SN2 1FF
England

Telephone

01793 867005

Email

professionalservices@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.uksbs.co.uk