DfE - Invest NI - Provision of Public Relations Services and management of Invest NI Wechat and Weibo Social Media Accounts in mainland China

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1 SME

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Published

25 Feb 2022

Description

Invest Northern Ireland wishes to appoint a Contractor to provide PR services to support its mainland China activity on a project basis and to manage their Wechat and Weibo social media accounts. The Contractor shall plan and implement PR and social media activity in order to best showcase Northern Ireland as a place to do business, NI’s expertise in key trade sectors and raise the profile of Northern Ireland as an investment location. Activity will include strategic and tactical PR i.e. media liaison, arrange media interviews, drafting press releases and editorial, press briefings etc. and social media content production.

Scope

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ID 3661464
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates

Prior to expiry of contract anticipated to be February 2025.

Main category
services
CPV classifications
79400000
79410000
79416000
79416100
79416200
Contract locations
Northern Ireland

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NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
AC1 Proposed Methodology29.9quality
AC2 Account Manager Experience15.6quality
AC3 Proposed reporting and evaluating of activities, outcomes and impact10.4quality
AC4 Project Management9.1quality
AC5 Account Manager Hourly Rate11.9cost
AC6 Partner/Director Hourly Rate7.7cost
AC7 Administrator Hourly Rate4.9cost
AC8 Drafting of by-lined article / editorial4.2cost
AC9 Press Release, localise, distribute and monitor3.5cost
AC10 Localisation of by-lined article / editorial and distribution2.8cost

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