DfE - Invest NI - Provision of PR and Media Relations Services for Americas, GB and Europe

Invest Northern IrelandcontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-0646efProcurement Act 2023closed for bids
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Estimated value

£480k

services

Awarded value

Suppliers

0

Lots

2

0 awarded

Published

04 Feb 2026

Deadline 02 Mar 2026

Description

Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI) wishes to appoint a Supplier(s) to provide PR and Media Relations services for the organisation in both the Americas (Lot 1) and GB and Europe territories (Lot 2). The PR contract activity will include PR strategy development, writing press releases or editorial content, media engagement and pitching to secure interviews, media training, sourcing third party suppliers e.g. photographers and videographers for media events for PR purposes to cover the Americas and GB and Europe regions. The PR Contract will support Invest NI Sectors and International Marketing team to promote Northern Ireland as a place to do business with and locate in and will complement the wider marketing, communications and event activity undertaken in the respective markets. Under the contract, the PR and media relations activity will include but is not limited to strategic and tactical PR activity such as media engagement, media advice, media liaison, arranging media visits, media interviews, media training drafting press releases, drafting editorial content features, press briefings, crisis management, social media support i.e. use of influencers from the region and other PR related activities such as sourcing and or booking photographers, videographers and attending Invest NI events, if required.

Scope

Reference
ID 6170244
Total value
£480,000 excluding VAT
£576,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
29 Mar 2026 to 30 Mar 2028
Possible extension to 30 Mar 2030

There is the option to extend this contract for a further two years after the initial period has passed.

Main category
services
CPV classifications
79416000
79416100
79416200

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
AC 1 (Lot 1) – Proposed Account Manager Experience24 percentquality
AC 2 (Lot 1) – Proposed Methodology24 percentquality
AC 3 (Lot 1) – Contract Management24 percentquality
AC 4 (Lot 1) - Drafting of by - lined article/editorial (per 500 words)8 percentprice
AC 5 (Lot 1) - Partner/Director Hourly Rate12 percentprice
AC 6 (Lot 1) - Account Manager Hourly Rate16 percentprice
AC 7 (Lot 1) - Administrator Hourly Rate4 percentprice
AC 1 (Lot 2) – Proposed Account Manager Experience24 percentquality
AC 2 (Lot 2) – Proposed Methodology24 percentquality
AC 3 (Lot 2) – Contract Management12 percentquality
AC 4 (Lot 2) - Drafting of by - lined article/editorial (per 500 words)8 percentprice
AC 5 (Lot 2) - Partner/Director Hourly Rate12 percentprice
AC 6 (Lot 2) - Account Manager Hourly Rate16 percentprice
AC 7 (Lot 2) - Administrator Hourly Rate4 percentprice

Participation

Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.

See tender documentation

Submission & procedure

Enquiry deadline
20 Feb 2026, 3:00 pm
Submission deadline
02 Mar 2026, 3:00 pm
Submission address
Tenders must be submitted electronically via the relevant Call for Tender (CfT) opportunity on eTendersNI, website details immediately below. Paper submissions will not be accepted or considered and will be rejected by the Contracting Authority / Buyer. The tender documents are available with unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: URL https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Electronic submission
Yes
Procedure
Open procedure

Lots · 2 total

Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.

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LotTitleEst. valueStatus
1The Americas£240kactive
2GB and Europe£240kactive