Media and Social Media Invitation to Quote

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) and NHS Arden and GEM Commissioning Support Unit (AGEM CSU) wish to invite you to participate in this 'Invitation to Quote' for Media and Social Media.

NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU and NHS Arden and GEM CSU and are collaborating to provide Engagement, Communications and Marketing Services to national regional and local customers in both the public and private sectors.

We provide one of the largest public sector communications and engagement services in the country and supply a growing list of customers with strategic media advice, handling and monitoring.

We are seeking a partner or partners to provide a range of media and social media monitoring, distribution and scheduling services as well as political monitoring. We have split the services required into a number of lots and may decide to purchase services from one or multiple providers, or not at all.

The contract length for each lot will be 12 months, commencing 1st July 2020, with the option of extending for a further 12 months subject to provider performance.

This will be a joint contract with payment split between the two organisations in a pre-agreed ratio for each lot.

Following the receipt of your quote the Evaluation panel will evaluate the proposals against each other within the evaluation matrix below. Final selection will be based on the ability of the service provider to provide the required service at the best price, at the optimum performance level and with a clear and demonstrable implementation/delivery programme.

Bidding organisations must obtain for themselves at their own responsibility and expense all information necessary for the preparation of their bids and will be deemed to have availed themselves of all necessary information in submitting bids. In the event that MLCSU and Arden and Gem CSU decide not to award this contract, there will be no liability for the CSUs for any costs incurred by the bidding providers.

The specification details are found in the attachment within this advert.

If you would like to provide us with a quotation for this work please register on the Bravo Portal where this procurement process will be managed:

mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk

We require the quotation to be submitted on headed paper through this Bravo Portal and we have attached an excel sheet for your financial details.

Additional information: The Bid Submission

If you would like to provide us with a quotation for this work please register on the Bravo Portal where this procurement process will be managed:

mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk

We require the quotation to be submitted on headed paper through this Bravo Portal and we have provided an excel sheet for your financial costings.

All Bidders should include: