DfE - Advertising and Related Services Contract for Skills to Succeed

Concepts

• advertising services
• belfast
• department for the economy
• dfe
• suite of advertising campaigns
• advertising
• succeed' programmes
• economy
• series of campaigns
• year

Location

Northern Ireland:

Description

The Department for the Economy (DfE) wishes to appoint a Contractor to provide advertising and related services to deliver a suite of advertising campaigns. The requirement consists of a series of campaigns all running to promote some of the Department's 'Skills to Succeed' programmes and initiatives.

Total Quantity or Scope

Additional information: The Contract will be awarded for one year, expected to commence in June 2020, with two options to extend for twelve months each.

Award Detail

Renewal Options

The Contract will be awarded for one year, with two options to extend for twelve months each.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 79341000 - Advertising services

Indicators

• Options are available.

Legal Justification

Due to an administrative error the contract notice was not published in OJEU, a Contract award notice could not be published despite best endeavours. A modification has been requested by DFE to uplift the contract value to £2360000 which is considered under Regulation 72(1)(b) for additional works, services or supplies "have become necessary" and were not included in the initial procurement and a change of supplier would not be practicable (for economic, technical or interoperability reasons) and would involve substantial inconvenience/duplication of costs - provided the change does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract. As these campaigns are part of the Skills to Succeed brand it is important that the consistency of the department's message is retained through all elements. Retaining the Contractor that worked with the department to develop these campaigns will ensure consistency of the brand going forward and avoid the likelihood of duplication of costs and significant inconvenience to the Authority associated with bringing a new supplier up to speed on the campaigns

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Due to an administrative error the contract notice was not published in OJEU, a Contract award notice could not be published despite best endeavours. A modification has been granted by DFE to uplift the contract value to £2360000 which is considered under Regulation 72(1)(b) for additional works, services or supplies "have become necessary" and were not included in the initial procurement and a change of supplier would not be practicable (for economic, technical or interoperability reasons) and would involve substantial inconvenience/duplication of costs - provided the change does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract. As these campaigns are part of the Skills to Succeed brand it is important that the consistency of the department's message is retained through all elements. Retaining the Contractor that worked with the department to develop these campaigns will ensure consistency of the brand going forward and avoid the likelihood of duplication of costs and significant inconvenience to the Authority associated with bringing a new supplier up to speed on the campaigns