Provide Marketing Services to Scottish Water

However, we now require a more streamlined and flexible agency model that couples quality content generation with the ability to disseminate that content across the right channels, at the right time, to the right customers to deliver real commercial value.

United Kingdom-Edinburgh: Marketing services

2015/S 147-271133

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Scottish Water Business Stream Limited
7 Lochside View
Contact point(s): Procurement
For the attention of: David Brown
EH12 9DH Edinburgh
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1313383257
E-mail: david.brown@business-stream.co.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.business-stream.co.uk

Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/business-stream/aspx/Home

Further information can be obtained from: Scottish Water Business Stream Limited
Internet address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/business-stream/aspx/Home

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Scottish Water Business Stream Limited
Internet address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/business-stream/aspx/Home

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Scottish Water Business Stream Limited
Internet address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/business-stream/aspx/Home

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.3)Main activity

Other: publicly owned utility

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

Marketing Services.

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
Service category No 27: Other services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Scotland.

NUTS code UKM

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves a public contract

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

New marketing agency model.
Our marketing team currently use a number of partners to deliver the marketing strategy and operational plan. We use a range of specialist partners to cover a cross-section of marketing disciplines. However, we now require a more streamlined and flexible agency model that couples quality content generation with the ability to disseminate that content across the right channels, at the right time, to the right customers to deliver real commercial value.
Agency Requirements.
We are proposing changing our existing agency structure. We will retain PR as a discrete agency due to the specific nature of that marketing discipline but merge the existing direct and digital capabilities to form a single customer engagement capability.

This will cover a range of customer engagement capabilities the details of which are covered in our ITT documentation that is available through our E tendering portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/business-stream/aspx/Home

You should register through this portal to participate then register for marketing services. This will then allow you to see the ITT. Once you have expressed your interest you will have access to the ITT and associated documents. If you have any issues the help function on the portal will direct you as required.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

79342000, 79342100

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.1.9)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

II.2.2)Information about options

II.2.3)Information about renewals

II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Duration in months: 24 (from the award of the contract)

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:

III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

III.2)Conditions for participation

III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Details of accounts for past (two) 2 years.

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
Details of numbers and of experience / capabilities of staff provided to meet the service requirements in the Invitation to Tender.

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Open

IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

IV.2)Award criteria

IV.2.1)Award criteria

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3)Administrative information

IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

PRC-0214-15

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

Payable documents: no

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

7.9.2015 – 16:00

IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

English.

IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

in days: 120 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Date: 8.9.2015
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 2 to 4 years.

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

VI.3)Additional information

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

Scottish Water Business Stream Limited

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Scottish Water Business Stream Limited

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

29.7.2015