SC21098 A Kentish Magazine, Website, and Kent Bereavement Guide

Concepts

• kentish ceremony magazine
• kentish magazine
• maidstone
• business services
• part of kent county council
• postage of the magazine
• kentish wedding magazine
• kent bereavement guide
• magazine
• delivery of the magazine

Location

Maidstone

Description

Libraries, Registration and Archives (LRA) is the part of Kent County Council that deals with the registration of births, deaths, marriages, and civil partnerships. Since the 1994 Marriage Act, the service has provided licences to private venues across the county so that civil marriages can take place within them. The Council requires a publisher for the following outlets: · A magazine, used to promote the services (A Kentish Ceremony Magazine) · A website, used to promote the services (www.akentishceremony.com) A Bereavement Guide, that features all the details people need to know about how to register a death, and many of the other things that need to be organised at a difficult time.

Total Quantity or Scope

Magazine (A Kentish Ceremony Magazine): One of the most successful marketing channels has been the creation of ‘A Kentish Wedding Magazine’ in 1997. This magazine, now called A Kentish Ceremony Magazine, is now available quarterly and covers a mixture of information about the service’s ceremonies, an index and map containing all the Approved Premises available in the county, advertising for appropriate suppliers, wedding fayre diary, articles and editorial. The magazine is distributed in several exclusive ways including via the service’s Register Offices, Libraries, website, and through a number of wedding fayres and events referred to above - which the service’s staff often attend. The magazine will be published quarterly in an A4 format and will include a range of content to promote: • Kentish Wedding ceremonies and venues • Kentish Partnership ceremonies and venues • Kentish Welcoming ceremonies and venues • Kentish Renewal of Vows ceremonies and venues • Kent Register Offices The magazine is currently produced at no cost to The Registration Service, and this is intended to continue. There are no charges for postage of the magazine and there are no charges for the delivery of the magazine to multiple locations. Website (akentishceremony.com): The akentishceremony.com website continues to go from strength-to-strength with a high number of unique visitors per year. Following a one-off payment for website improvements in 2019, The Council does not pay for the management of the website. Bereavement Guide: Our Bereavement Guide is an annual publication that features all the details people need to know about how to register a death and many of the other things that need to be organised at a difficult time. As part of the Kent Registration Service, we have unique distribution via our Register Offices, and we have agreements in place for distribution across Kent hospitals and hospices. We normally print in November Circa 15000 copies.

Renewal Options

24 months

CPV Codes

• 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
• 22000000 - Printed matter and related products

Indicators

• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Renewals are available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

All communications must be via the messaging facility. Tenders will not be accepted by any other route that the 'Kent Business Portal'. Clarifications can be posted via the Kent Business Portal messaging facility, by the 9th June 2022, 12:00 noon