ID 5314168 - DfE - NRC - Provision of Public Relations, Media Relations and Communications Services for NRC

Concepts

• business services
• ballymoney
• consultancy services
• public relations
• public relations management
• potential optional services
• community relations
• media relations
• nrc
• public consultation

Location

Ballymoney

Description

NRC require a Supplier to assist the organisation in the following ways; strategic support, media relations, community relations and public consultation, event support, and performance management and reporting. The Supplier will be appointed for two years, with an option to extend for three further periods of up to 12 months each. The total maximum contract duration is therefore five years.

Renewal Options

There is an option to extend for three further periods of up to 12 months each. There is an option to extend for three further periods of up to 12 months each.

CPV Codes

• 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
• 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
• 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services
• 79416000 - Public relations services
• 79416100 - Public relations management services
• 79416200 - Public relations consultancy services

Indicators

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

Other Information

Contract Value. The figure indicated in Section II 1.5 represents an estimated contract value. This value reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account potential optional extension periods and the uptake of potential optional services as detailed in the tender documents. This figure does not however take into account the application of indexation. Neither CPD nor the Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Economic Operators remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Economic Operator in connection with taking part in this procurement process regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time. No legally binding contract shall arise (and an Economic Operator shall have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into) until such time as entry into the Contract has been confirmed by the. Contracting Authority. Economic Operators should note that all dates, time periods and figures in relation to values and volumes specified in this notice and the procurement documents are approximate only and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change any or all of them. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public.. purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of.. contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified.. time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be. escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and the. performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may. be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Notice. of Unsatisfactory Performance and the their place on the contract may be terminated. The.. issue of a Notice of unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded.. from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise. on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of. twelve months from the date of issue of the Notice.