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UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

UK SBS PS18188 Design and Print Agency

Business ServicesCPV 79000000 79800000 79810000 79900000 79930000
Value£126k
Awarded18 Jul 2018
Published7 Sept 2018
RegionSouth West
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£126ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Business Services band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The final date and time for the submission of bids is Thursday 19th July 2018 at 14:00 DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.

Please note : Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this is unfortunately a system generated error that is outside of the Contracting Authorities control.

All tender information MUST be submitted through the CCS eSourcing Portal.

Brief Description of Requirement Innovate UK have a package of requirements to support their brand development over the coming 24 months.

The agency appointed as a result of this tender will take otheir updated Brand Guidelines and develop creative digital and print solutions to support the application of the Innovate UK and Industrial strategy brand.

They will provide assets to use across our digital channels and offline.

This will include design and print of web enabled PDFs, print brochures, social media assets and graphics and commissioned photography.

The agency will be commissioned to provide high quality design and application of key projects throughout the year.

Please ensure you review all attached information to ensure a full understanding of this requirement.

All attachments can be found with the RFx attachments tab within the Emptoris System.

This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria set out in the ITQ document.

How to Apply As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) and Crown Commercial Service (CCS), UK SBS will be using the CCS eSourcing Suite for this procurement.

To register on the CCS eSourcing portal please follow the details contained within the Additional Information section of this notice.

If you are already registered on the CCS eSourcing portal and wish to register your interest in this opportunity please email; expressionofinterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk Your email must clearly state: • the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; • the name of the registered Bidder; • the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Innovate UK have a package of requirements

Innovate UK have a package of requirements to support their brand development over the coming 24 months.

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The agency appointed as a result

The agency appointed as a result of this tender will take otheir updated Brand Guidelines and develop creative digital and print solutions to support the application of the Innovate UK and Industrial strategy brand.

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They will provide assets to use across

They will provide assets to use across our digital channels and offline.

04

The agency will be commissioned to provide

The agency will be commissioned to provide high quality design and application of key projects throughout the year.

05

Your email must clearly state

Your email must clearly state:.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Crown Commercial Service frameworkFrameworks & routes to market
As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) and Crown Commercial Service (CCS), UK SBS will be using the CCS eSourcing Suite for this procurement.

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Source & provenance
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Stage
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