Strategic Communications

Description

*Bidders will need to respond to this EOI/Advert in order to be automatically invited to bid and access tender documents*. Border to Coast Pensions Partnership is seeking a corporate communications agency to work with its Policy & Communications team. The appointed agency will act as a day-to-day extension of Border to Coast’s team, helping it evolve its long-term communications strategy, spot and navigate issues that might affect the organisation or its partners, and carry out communications and public affairs activity and stakeholder engagement. The selected agency will ideally know the asset management and LGPS ecosystem and understand how regulatory, political and societal factors might impact our business. It will have experience engaging with a wide range of stakeholders and have excellent communications and thought leadership capabilities in both national and trade media (financial and business). The initial contract period is 24 months with 1x 24 month extension available. Estimated Dates below: Supplier Clarification Window 25/06/2025 – 02/07/2025 Tender Response Deadline 07/07/2025 - 12:00pm Presentations (down-selected Suppliers only) Anticipated 19/08/2025 - 21/08/2025 Successful Supplier Identified 15/09/2025 Standstill Period Start and End 16/09/2025 - 25/09/2025 Anticipated Contract Start Date 1st October 2025 Keywords: LGPS, Strategic Communications