Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Darlington Memorial Hospital
Darlington
DL3 6HX
UK
Contact person: Rebecca Dexter
Telephone: +44 1915692806
E-mail: rebecca.dexter@nhs.net
NUTS: UKC13
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.cddft.nhs.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Contract for the Provision of Public Relations Support for Fresh and Balance
Reference number: SP1710
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79416000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Fresh, Smoke Free North East and Balance the North East Alcohol Office are Public Health funded organisations based in the North East of England. Their respective remits are to reduce the harm caused by Tobacco and alcohol amongst their local population using a multi-strand approach based on best national and international evidence.
While the exact scope of work from month to month may need to be flexible, fresh and balance are looking to work with a contractor to provide a core press office function, supporting writing and localisation of press releases with figures, case studies and spokespeople, handling time sensitive media enquiries, looking for new champions and evaluating reach and return on investment.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
600 000.00
EUR
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79342000
79341400
79342200
79342300
79341000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKC
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Fresh, Smoke Free North East and Balance the North East Alcohol Office are Public Health funded organisations based in the North East of England. Their respective remits are to reduce the harm caused by tobacco and alcohol amongst their local population using a multi-strand approach based on best national and international evidence. A key element of their work and priority of local funders is the delivery of all year round news and social media activity to ensure topical issues and messages to foster behavior change are in the public eye all year round on the channels that people see, read and hear, providing a highly cost effective return on investment. This also involves building support for measures to reduce smoking and harmful drinking, and engaging and motivating key partners. While the exact scope of work from month to month may need to be flexible, central to the offering will be providing a core press office function, supporting writing and localisation of press releases with figures, case studies and spokespeople, handling time sensitive media enquiries, looking for new champions and evaluating reach and return on investment. The contract is for 12 months with the option to extend for a further four periods of 12 months depending on available funding.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Approach to account management
/ Weighting: 10 %
Quality criterion: Strategic approach
/ Weighting: 18 %
Quality criterion: Approach to providing a campaign for Fresh – Smokefree 2030
/ Weighting: 21 %
Quality criterion: Approach to providing a campaign for balance: alcohol duty review
/ Weighting: 21 %
Price
/ Weighting:
30 %
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2020/S 248-619096
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: SP1710
Title: Contract for the Provision of Public Relations Support for Fresh and Balance
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
01/04/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Gardiner Richardson Ltd
Generator Studios, Trafalgar Street
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NE1 2LA
UK
NUTS: UKC
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 600 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
CDD Services on behalf of County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Centre for Health, White House Business Park, Traynor Way, County Durham
Peterlee
SR8 2RU
UK
Telephone: +44 1915692830
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
13/04/2021