Communications Marketplace
Crown Commercial Service
- Estimated value
- £260,000,000
- VAT not stated
- Where
- UK-wide
- Buyer in North West England
- Trade
- IT, software and digital
- Advertising material
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- Time to bid
- 591 full UK working days before the closing day, Fri 23 Feb 2029 (England and Wales bank holidays left out).
- Value
- £260m is above the median (£1m) of the 128 open IT and digital tenders that state a value.
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- 17 more open tenders from Crown Commercial Service listed here.
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The Communications Marketplace DPS Agreement will provide central government and wider public sector organisations with a means of procuring a wide range of marketing and communications services via a dynamic list of specialist agencies.
- Buyer
- Crown Commercial Service
- Buyer’s region
- North West England
- Where the work is
- UK-wide, Outside the UK
- Listed on Evendraft under
- UK-wide tenders (a national buyer), and Outside the UK
- Published
- 5 Aug 2021
- Tender deadline
- 23 Feb 2029, 23:59 UK time
- Estimated value
- £260,000,000 (VAT not stated)
- Trade
- IT, software and digital
- CPV codes
- 22462000 Advertising material
- 30213100 Portable computers
- 32320000 Television and audio-visual equipment
- 39154000 Exhibition equipment
- 48600000 Database and operating software package
- 55520000 Catering services
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- 64212300 Multimedia Message Service (MMS) services
- 71620000 Analysis services
- 72221000 Business analysis consultancy services
- 72224000 Project management consultancy services
- 72300000 Data services
- 72413000 World wide web (www) site design services
- 72416000 Application service providers
- 79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 92100000 Motion picture and video services
- 92200000 Radio and television services
- 92621000 Sports-event promotion services
- 92622000 Sports-event organisation services
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure (above threshold)Two stages: apply to take part first; shortlisted suppliers are invited to tender.
- Framework
- No
- Lots
- Not divided into lots
- Suitable for small businesses The buyer’s answer
- Yes
- Suitable for charities and social enterprises The buyer’s answer
- Yes
- Good for small firms Evendraft’s filter
- No (estimated value over £1m)Good for small firms means the buyer marked it suitable for small businesses, the estimated value is £1m or less (or not stated), it is open to new suppliers, and it is not a framework with more than 20 places. Tenders where the buyer didn't say are left out.
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