Awarded contract

ACCESS Communications & Engagement Service

Details

Buyer: Hampshire County Council
Supplier(s): Tavistock Communications Ltd
Value: £552,000
Topic: Public relations services
Published: 22 January 2024
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Hampshire County Council has undertaken this procurement on behalf of the ACCESS Pool of LGPS Pension Funds. The Pool is seeking to appoint a Communications and Engagement Partner to provide support, advice and management of the Pool's communications needs. This includes, for example, engagement with the press, government and other external parties, support and advice to the Pool's spokespeople and advice and support on the Pool's online channels. Lot 1: This procurement uses the Open Procedure and will result in a single contract with a single supplier. The contract will be for 4+2 years, with any extensions at the sole discretion of ACCESS. Tenderers must complete both the ITT Stage 1 and ITT Stage 2 Questionnaires included in the Tender Documentation and make their submissions via Hampshire County Council's e-tendering portal linked above in this Notice. Tenderers should note that price will not carry a separate weighting in the evaluation of this tender as the Price Quality Ratio method will be used. An explanation of this can be found in the ITT.

Timeline

Completed: Award date1 January 2024
Completed: Award published22 January 2024
Current notice

About the buyer

Hampshire County Council buys as a local authority through its own Strategic Procurement Team. The same team also procures for district, borough and parish councils and national park authorities across Hampshire. A separate Strategic Frameworks Team runs works and professional services framework agreements for public authorities across the South.

Over the past 5 years, most of Hampshire County Council's contract awards have been in construction work, education and training and health and social work.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hampshire-county-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hampshire-county-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hampshire-county-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hampshire-county-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hampshire-county-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hampshire-county-council.gov