Scope
Reference
NMRNO.2025.014
Description
The Appointment of Creative/Advertising Agency for Creative Campaign for Portsmouth Historic Dockyard tender issued by the National Museum of the Royal Navy Operations (NMRN Operations) and Mary Rose Trust is for the provision of Creative/Marketing Agency services. This appointment is for an initial 12-month creative campaign for Portsmouth Historic Dockyard- with an option retained to extend for a further 12 months.
The NMRN and Mary Rose Trust (as joint operators of Portsmouth Historic Dockyard as PHD Operations) will host an Online Market Engagement Session to discuss the Open Framework.
This is due to take place on Friday 7th November 2025, to ensure you book onto this Online Market Engagement Session and to ensure you receive an MS Teams Invite, please express an interest in this tender opportunity by emailing; tenders@nmrn.org.uk
Clarifications should be issued to the NMRN Tenders Inbox- tenders@nmrn.org.uk
Total value (estimated)
- £60,000 excluding VAT
- £72,000 including VAT
Below the relevant threshold
Contract dates (estimated)
- 5 January 2026 to 4 January 2027
- Possible extension to 4 January 2028
- 2 years
Description of possible extension:
See ITT document.
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 79340000 - Advertising and marketing services
Contract locations
- UKC - North East (England)
- UKD - North West (England)
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
- UKF - East Midlands (England)
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
- UKH - East of England
- UKI - London
- UKJ - South East (England)
- UKK - South West (England)
Participation
This procurement is reserved for
UK suppliers
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Submission
Enquiry deadline
14 November 2025, 12:00pm
Tender submission deadline
24 November 2025, 12:00pm
Submission address and any special instructions
All submissions are to be sent to tenders@nmrn.org.uk only, there is no other portal for this.
For more information about the NMRN please see www.nmrn.org.uk
Tenders may be submitted electronically
Yes
Award criteria
The award of this tender will be done by a Point Per Quality Score Assessment, which is detailed in the ITT.
With the award being on a combined quality and price assessment.
Procedure
Procedure type
Below threshold - open competition
Documents
Associated tender documents
NMRN ITT- PHD Creative Campaign (2025).docx
Invitation to Tender Document, Annex D-H including response forms for quality and price must be completed.
Appendix 1- Creative Agency Scope.pdf
The main Scope of Requirement for this tender.
Appendix 2- PHD 2020 Guidelines.pdf
Included, with majority of information in Appendix 1, for reference.
Contracting authority
National Museum of the Royal Navy
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PZYJ-5834-NBRM
Main Road (PP66), HM Naval Base Portsmouth
Portsmouth
PO1 3NH
United Kingdom
Contact name: Dave Hartley
Email: procurement@nmrn.org.uk
Region: UKJ31 - Portsmouth
Organisation type: Public authority - central government