Media Services

Concepts

• advertising services
• crown commercial service
• liverpool
• pan government
• commercial service
• media services
• provision of media services
• public sector media planning
• service evaluation
• rm6003 media buying

Location

Liverpool

Description

Crown Commercial Service (CCS) as the Authority intends to put in place a Pan Government Collaborative Agreement for the provision of media services to be utilised by Central Government Departments and all other UK Public Sector Bodies, including Local Authorities, Health, Police, Fire and Rescue, Education and Devolved Administrations. It is intended that this commercial agreement will be the recommended vehicle for all media services required by UK Central Government Departments. This agreement replaces RM6003 Media Buying which expires May 2022. The Agreement will have a 5 lot structure: Lot 1: Strategic Media Activation (media buying) Lot 2: Public Sector Media Planning and Buying Lot 3: Out of Home Media Lot 4: Advertising Revenue Generation Lot 5: Service Evaluation and Performance The list of above services is the current expectation but it is subject to change before publication of the Contract Notice.

Lot Division

CPV Codes

• 79341000 - Advertising services
• 79340000 - Advertising and marketing services
• 92200000 - Radio and television services
• 79200000 - Accounting, auditing and fiscal services

Indicators

Other Information

This Prior Information Notice is to signal an intention to commence market engagement with those within the media services market including but not limited to media planning, media buying and/or media sales services for traditional, digital, trade, recruitment, B2B, domestic, regional and international media Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will use an eSourcing system for this competition and reserves the right to use an electronic auction. The eSourcing system we will use is [https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk]. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. The value in II.1.5 is an indicative value over 4 years The date in II.3) is the estimated date of publication, please refer to the CCS website page https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/upcoming Crown for updates and monitor Tenders Electronic Daily for the publication of the OJEU contract notice. The Cyber Essentials scheme is mandatory for Central Government Contracts which involve handling personal information and providing certain ICT products and services. The Government is taking steps to further reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain through the Cyber Essentials scheme. The scheme defines a set of controls which, when properly implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet. To participate in this procurement, bidders will be required to demonstrate that they are Cyber Essentials certified for the services under and in connection with the procurement. [The bidder may be awarded a contract but shall not enter into any call off contracts with buyers until they are able to demonstrate to CCS that they meet the technical requirements prescribed by the Cyber Essentials Scheme for services under and in connection with this procurement.] The service that arise from this framework will involve the supplier holding material that has been assigned a protective marking under the Government Security Classifications Scheme (April 2014) of OFFICIAL/SENSITIVE. Bidders will be required to implement their solution in accordance with the [Framework Agreement] Schedule, "Security Requirement and Plan", to meet [Framework Agreement] requirements. This will be released at the ITT stage. All estimated timelines, including publication of the Contract Notice, are subject to change by the Authority. The Authority's indicative key dates for the procurement timetable are: 01 July 2021 - Publication of Contract Notice 04 August 2021 - Tender Submission Deadline (All Lots) Early to Mid-September 2021 - Lot 1 Bidder Presentations (part of anticipated Award Criteria) 16 December 2021 - Intent to Award and start of Standstill Period 30 December 2021 - Contract Award This prior information notice replaces the previous PIN issued on the 10/03/2021, publication reference: 2021/S 000-004889