Published date: 9 October 2023

This notice was replaced on 21 December 2023

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 21 December 2023)

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.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Advertising and marketing services - 79340000

  • Recruitment services - 79600000

Location of contract

CH1 4BJ

Value of contract

£3,000,000

Procurement reference

2023-Oct-01

Published date

9 October 2023

Closing date

8 November 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

11 December 2023

Contract end date

31 January 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The University of Chester is seeking tenders for a specialist Higher Education marketing agency through the UK Open Procedure under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 to support primarily with media planning and buying for its student recruitment campaigns.

This will be a two-year contract with the option to extend for a further 24-months on a year-by-year basis. Although the University is looking for an agency to help principally with media planning and buying, the expectation is that the successful agency will work collaboratively with the University on campaign strategy, providing relevant audience, market, and competitor insights to help the University gain a competitive advantage. Further to this, from time-to-time, the University may wish to tap into any creative services available within the agency to help with the production of creative assets and development of our messaging strategy.

For the purposes of this contract, please note that the estimated contract value has been provided in the tender documents for the first 12-months of the contract with the assumption that there will be the equivalent spend in year two of the contract, and also year three and four should the option to extend be exercised. The total contract value in this notice is therefore estimated in relation to the full potential four years of any subsequent contract.

Please note that the incumbent supplier is contracted until 31st January 2024 and is currently delivering our 2024 pre-application campaign. On the current agreement, this supplier may continue to deliver briefs which have been issued prior to commencement of the contract to be awarded following this tender. This may result in some crossover of delivery.

Further details are available in the tender documents.

More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement Services

Address

Parkgate Road
CHESTER
CH14BJ
England

Telephone

01244 512395

Email

procurement@chester.ac.uk

Website

www.chester.ac.uk