Contract notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Northern Trains Ltd
03076444
9 Rougier St
York
YO1 6HZ
UK
Contact person: David Schuster — Procurement Consultant
E-mail: David.Schuster@northernrailway.co.uk
NUTS: UKE21
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/procurement
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/procurement
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.6) Main activity
Railway services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Media Planning and Buying Agency Services
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79340000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Northern are looking to retain an agency who are able to provide media buying and planning across a range of channels, to buy media and plan campaigns both at scale on TV across the North, but also at a more targeted granular local level.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79341000
79341200
79341400
79342000
79342100
79342200
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKE21
Main site or place of performance:
Northern House, 9 Rougier St, York YO1 6HZ.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Northern envisage an initial 3-year term procurement of an agency who are able to provide media buying and planning across a range of channels, to buy media and plan campaigns both at scale on TV across the North, but also at a more targeted granular local level. Agencies must be able to evidence experience including, but not necessairly limited to, TV, radio, press, door drop/DM, cinema, OOH, digital display, social media and mobile. Full details are available to interested parties at the URL stated above.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Initial 3-year term, with option to renew year on year thereafter.
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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
II.2.14) Additional information
Full details of this procurement are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge in the memorandum of information, pre-qualification questionnaire and clarifications log at the URL stated above.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation
As stated in the Agency Profile, within the memorandum of information available at the URL stated above.
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
Will be detailed in a draft agreement made available to participants in the tender during the ITT stage.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated with call for competition
IV.1.4) Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
21/08/2020
Local time: 17:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
18/09/2020
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until:
31/01/2021
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
Yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:
36 months.
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
See pre-qualification questionnaire, memorandum of information and clarifications log at the URL stated above.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Public Procurement Review Service
London
UK
E-mail: publicprocurementreview@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
31/07/2020