Scope
Reference
TEN-256-027 - PA2023
Description
We're looking for creative services partners who will provide an overflow service to the existing Nest in-house creative studio over a four-year period. This is an extension of the existing internal creative services team providing execution for Nest communications, campaigns and brand activities.
Commercial tool
Establishes a framework
Total value (estimated)
- £960,000 excluding VAT
- £1,152,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Contract dates (estimated)
- 30 March 2026 to 25 February 2030
- 3 years, 10 months, 27 days
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 72212300 - Document creation, drawing, imaging, scheduling and productivity software development services
Contract locations
- UKI - London
Lot 1. PowerPoint and Microsoft Office
Description
We're looking for a specialist Microsoft Office partner who will provide an overflow service to the existing Nest in-house creative studio and who will support us in our template creation, storytelling, and specialist presentation and deck design. We also want to take advantage of template design in Word and Excel and the knowhow that comes with using the Microsoft ribbon, themes, templates across these three main Microsoft apps.
Lot value (estimated)
- £160,000 excluding VAT
- £192,000 including VAT
Framework lot values may be shared with other lots
Same for all lots
CPV classifications, contract locations and contract dates are shown in the Scope section, because they are the same for all lots.
Lot 2. Content and design
Description
Lot 2: Content and design
We're looking for a creative studio partner who will provide an overflow service to the existing Nest in-house creative studio and who will support us in our studio producing assets for video, motion graphics, content writing, reports, and graphic design.
Lot value (estimated)
- £800,000 excluding VAT
- £960,000 including VAT
Framework lot values may be shared with other lots
Same for all lots
CPV classifications, contract locations and contract dates are shown in the Scope section, because they are the same for all lots.
Framework
Maximum number of suppliers
4
Maximum percentage fee charged to suppliers
0%
Framework operation description
The framework has 2 lots with one main supplier and a reserve supplier per lot.Work wil only be awarded to the reserve suppiler if the main supplier does not have the capacity to deliver the requirement in the required timescales
Award method when using the framework
Without competition
Contracting authorities that may use the framework
Establishing party only
Participation
Particular suitability
Lot 1. PowerPoint and Microsoft Office
Lot 2. Content and design
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
- Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Submission
Enquiry deadline
19 December 2025, 12:00pm
Submission type
Tenders
Tender submission deadline
23 January 2026, 12:00pm
Submission address and any special instructions
Tenders may be submitted electronically
Yes
Languages that may be used for submission
English
Award decision date (estimated)
20 February 2026
Award criteria
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Experience | Evidence of experience and team skills in support of the Lot requirements with biographies and previous client work |
Quality | 40% |
| quality | A key example of work you've done for another client with similar needs to Nest, which demonstrates the impact of the quality of work you do. |
Quality | 25% |
| Account Management | Your step-by-step workflow process with clients, and resource allocation. Is there a tried and tested approach from brief to delivery that you follow |
Quality | 15% |
| Price | daily and hourly rates |
Price | 15% |
| Social Value | Please detail your understanding of social value and indicate whether you have a social value policy or programme in place. Please also give details of schemes currently in place within your... |
Quality | 5% |
Other information
Description of risks to contract performance
Nest creative studio overflow work is not fully capable of being calculated as the studio work is driven by demand . Our organisation is going through period of change . Consequently there may be a significant increase in volume and the estimated value of the framework may be need to be increased
Conflicts assessment prepared/revised
Yes
Procedure
Procedure type
Competitive flexible procedure
Competitive flexible procedure description
Stage 1 Tender responses evaluated
Stage 2 Down selected suppliers for each Lot will be invited for a presentation stage
Justification for not publishing a preliminary market engagement notice
a recent tender exercise for very similar services was terminated due to an internal review.At the point of termination there were 93 suppliers who had registered an interest on this basis it was considered that there was a wide ranging number of suppliers likely to be interested
Contracting authority
1
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PQGC-5667-VDDT
10 South Colonnade
London
E14 4PU
United Kingdom
Region: UKI42 - Tower Hamlets
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government