Tender

T22/47_Media Buying PG Marketing Campaign

  • Anglia Ruskin University Higher Education Corporation

F02: Contract notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-015288

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03d050

Published 30 May 2023, 3:49pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Anglia Ruskin University Higher Education Corporation

Bishop Hall Lane

Chelmsford

CM1 1SQ

Email

procurement@aru.ac.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKH - East of England

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.aru.ac.uk

Buyer's address

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/angliaruskinuniversity

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/angliaruskinuniversity

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Education


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

T22/47_Media Buying PG Marketing Campaign

Reference number

T22/47

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 79340000 - Advertising and marketing services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Please find attached documents relating to the tender for Media Buying PG Marketing Campaign (issued under the restricted procedure)Please note the closing date for your SQ return is 12 noon on 30 June 2023. Tenderers must check that all the documents listed in the contents have been received and are complete in all respects:T22.47_SQ_Media Buying PG Marketing CampaignEnd date for Contract Finder is for information only.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKH - East of England

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

ARU expect to see an insight and research-led, omnichannel approach with the agency advising on split and weighting of budget, as well as suggestions of beta products, digital innovations and new approaches and content that ARU can adopt to help reach but more importantly inspire PG students in difficult times. We would like to see an agency with detailed experience and expertise in the post-graduate higher education market. ARU would like to see a UK targeted holistic main cycle recruitment and open event (virtual and on campus) campaign to promote all PG courses on offer at our Cambridge, Chelmsford and Peterborough campuses. We would also like the chosen agency to account for the purchasing of any third-party activity recommended as part of an all-encompassing campaign. We would like to see strategies addressing and targeting segments such as career changers and progressors, business audiences, homegrown audiences (e.g. UG to PG progressors), competitor universities and any other growth opportunities the agency would recommend.The proposed contract would be from Late Sept 2023 start to 31 October 2025 with the option to extend for a 1 + 1 x 12-month period.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £2,000,000

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Start date

25 September 2023

End date

31 October 2025

This contract is subject to renewal

Yes

Description of renewals

1 + 1 x 12-months

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

1 + 1 x 12-months

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

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


Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.1) Conditions for participation

three.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

three.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Restricted procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

30 June 2023

Local time

12:00pm

four.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

17 July 2023

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Anglia Ruskin University Higher Education Corporation

Bishop Hall Lane

Chelmsford

CM1 1SQ

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures

Anglia Ruskin University Higher Education Corporation will incorporate the statutory 10-day standstill period under Regulation 87 into the award process. UK Legislation provides a mechanism for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or who are at risk of harm by Anglia Ruskin University Higher Education Corporation's breach of the Regulations to take action in the High Court. Any such action should be brought promptly and in any event within 30 days of the date the tenderer knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting proceedings have arisen. The procedures and grounds for appeal are set out in Regulation 92.