Buyer	Essex
Supplier	Balfour Wong Ltd
Supplier	Big Wave PR Ltd
Supplier	Blue Tiger Marketing Ltd
Supplier	Borne Agency Ltd
Supplier	By Experience Ltd
Supplier	Deadline Communications Ltd
Supplier	ETC Communications Ltd
Supplier	Four Agency Worldwide Limited
Supplier	Genesis PR Ltd
Supplier	Jellyfielder Studios Ltd
Supplier	Main Media Ltd
Supplier	Marketing Elect Ltd
Supplier	Mountain Way Pictures Ltd
Supplier	Nomensa ltd
Supplier	North of England Commissioning Support (NECS)
Supplier	Orange PR and Marketing Ltd
Supplier	Pier Marketing Ltd
Supplier	Ranch Creative Ltd
Supplier	Redmoor Health Ltd
Supplier	Room for Design Ltd
Supplier	Rubber Duckiee Ltd
Supplier	Silk Pearce Ltd
Supplier	Strive Agency Ltd
Supplier	THE MOBIUS AGENCY LTD
Supplier	Touch Graphic Design Ltd
Supplier	Whatever Design Ltd

Essex County Council are looking to establish a Framework Agreement for Communications and Marketing Services. The Framework will have an initial two year term with options to extend in any number of periods not exceeding an extension period of 2 years in total. The maximum duration of the Framework will not exceed 4 years. Suppliers appointed to the Framework will deliver services to the communications and marketing team as well as other officers across ECC who may have ad-hoc requirements. The Framework will be divided into ten Lots including: \r Lot 1A: Design - Digital/Web Design: working to Web Content Accessibility Guidance (WCAG) 2.2 level AA guidelines \r Lot 1B: Design - Branding: Identity and Guidelines \r Lot 1C: Design - Publications \r Lot 1D: Design - Generic materials \r Lot 1E: Design - Campaign: concept and application \r Lot 2: PR Services \r Lot 3: Photography \r Lot 4: Videography \r Lot 5: Media Services \r Lot 6: Full Service \r The Framework Agreement is anticipated to commence on the 9th September 2024 Additional information: For this tender the Authority will be using the ProContract (aka Due North) eSourcing portal https://procontract.due-north.com throughout the procurement process, and all communications with Essex County Council relating to this procurement exercise must be via the portal's messaging system. Supplier registration on the portal is free of charge and can be done via: https://procontract.due-north.com/ The reference and title of this procurement in ProContract is DN698696 CO0298 Communications and Marketing Framework 2. It is recommended that any bidder not already registered on the ProContract eSourcing portal, register at the earliest opportunity. The Council reserves the right to amend timescales for any reason and change the evaluation criteria where necessary for example if there are genuine omissions or mistakes. We also reserve the right to cancel the procurement exercise and/or not to award all or part of a contract. The Council will not be responsible for any costs incurred by bidders in relation to this procurement exercise.

Runs	9 Sep 2024 to 8 Sep 2026
OCID	ocds-b5fd17-6aea58f8-062e-40f9-8139-a2109c2dfdc2
Notice	Read it on Contracts Finder

Figures are as published An award value in OCDS may be a framework ceiling rather than a sum anyone expects to spend, so a large figure here is not evidence of a large purchase.