Public Relation/Communication Support - Key Projects

The West of England Combined AuthoritycontractFind a Tender ↗Ref ocds-h6vhtk-06756dProcurement Act 2023SME suitableactive

Estimated value

£1.5m

services

Awarded value

—

Suppliers

Lots

0 awarded

Published

10 Jul 2026

Description

The West of England Mayoral Combined Authority (MCA) is seeking to engage the market to help design and develop its scope of the provision of public relation/ communication support for key projects being delivered by the MCA, including: West Innovation Arc, Mass Transit and the Spatial Development Strategy. The nature of these projects is highly political with various key stakeholders both internally and externally within the community. They will require support for public consultation. Please register interest using our procurement system by registering below: https://weca-atamis.my.site.com/ProSpend__eSourcing_Community_Registration?locale=uk

Scope

Reference: UPN-00379
Total value: £1,500,000 excluding VAT
£1,800,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Commercial tool: Standalone contract
Contract dates: 20 Sept 2026 to 31 May 2029
Possible extension to 31 May 2030
1 x One-Year Extension permissible
Main category: services
CPV classifications: 79416000
Contract locations: South West England, United Kingdom
Bristol, United Kingdom
Bath / North East Somerset, United Kingdom
Particular suitability: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

Name	Description	Type	Weighting
Quality	—	quality	60.00%
Social Valule	—	quality	10.00%
Price	—	cost	30.00%

Participation

Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.

Please see Attachment 2a - PSQ

Submission & procedure

Enquiry deadline: 22 Jul 2026, 11:00 am
Submission address: This competitive flexible procedure will consist of two phases. The first stage of this opportunity will consist of a Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ). All suppliers, who wish to bid will be required to complete and return the PSQ to the Authority via the e-procurement system, before the deadline. All PSQ responses, received before the deadline, PSQ will be evaluated by officers of the Authority. The PSQ evaluation criteria is found in Attachment 2b of the ITT documents. The top five (5) scoring PSQ responses for each lot will be invited to proceed to the second phase. The 15 highest scoring suppliers, across the three lots, will proceed to the next stage of Invitation to Tender (“ITT”). Please register interest using our procurement system by registering below: https://weca-atamis.my.site.com/ProSpend__eSourcing_Community_Registration?locale=uk
Electronic submission: Yes
Procedure: Competitive flexible procedure

Lots · 3 total

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

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Lot	Title	Est. value	Status
1	West Innovation Arc	£500k	active
2	Mass Transit	£500k	active
3	Spatial Development Strategy	£500k	active