Design firms appointed to Scots Government £170m roster
Design firms appointed to Scots Government £170m roster
The Drum has learned the names of the design agencies appointed by The Scottish Government to a new £170m Framework agreement for the provision of design, print, publishing and associated services.
Advertised last February, the overall framework has a budget of between £130m - £170million over the possible four-year-period across all six Lots.
It is understood that 23 suppliers have been appointed to the framework according to the initial advert.
The framework will be involved in the procurement of design, print, display materials, promotional Items and DVD replication and duplication services throughout Scotland.
The First Lot will be handled by print management group APS Group for design, print and publishing services.
The company has been handed the responsibility for managing end-to-end requirements for design, print and publishing incorporating the needs of the Government.
Lot 2 includes the appointments of Freight Design, Morton Ward, Shandwick Design, Shaw Marketing & Design and Teviot to handle assorted design services which will be published through Lot 1.
The requirements include graphic design (for print and on-line eg by web, electronic means) incorporating formatting, proofing and pre-press Services, photography, Illustrations, cartography and Mapping Services, copywriting and editorial services, Graphs and Charts, alternative format services (eg Braille, audio, easy-read etc) and Brand Management and application. Any ad hoc Design related service.
This has been appointed on a 24 months contract with two additional 12 month extensions possible.
A Scottish Government spokesperson said: ‘We have undertaken a comprehensive tender process and will make an announcement following the end of the standstill period."
Freight, Morton Ward, Shaw Marketing & Design and Teviot are all members of the Marketing Industry Network.
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so you haven't really learnt anything beyond lot 1 or 2???
I no sure what this means really apart from not one digital agency was appointed to do web design or cd prduction!?! i didnt realise that paper design was the same as digital. Have the scottish government got this wrong??
'I no sure'...?!?
me no sure neither
'i no sure...you no sure'?
'paper design'...is that like Origami ?
naebody's no sure...
23 suppliers - is this some kind of joke?
I only hope that the agencies 'short' listed don't have to pitch amongst one another for each and every scrap of work.
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The 23 will be split between the six lots. That I'm sure.
£170,000,000 split 23 ways, £7,300,000 each... Happy with that...
Anon 16.50 - I'm afraid client rosters don't actually work like that, you are not guaranteed an equal percentage of the work!
Unless of course you work in Disneyland!!!!
I'm sure it's all down to 'value for money"... who's cheap wins!
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The public service will always be judged on value for money over anything else. That doesn't mean that it will appoint bad agencies as a result, but it does mean that 'the best creativity' is not an option when explaining their decisions on spending public money. I'm sure the general public doesn't care which agencies are appointed. It is sad though that the procurement system really doesn't work when it comes to creative appointments though, but I can't see that ever changing and Im sure you'll all agree with that. Must be frustrating though I can imagine. well done to the guys who got there though! Hope it secures things in the current climate for them! I'll let you know the full list when I can.
That's a very subjective comment Anon 17.43. If the government were to award a contract on the basis that the chosen agencies were 'in most people's top 10', I'm sure there would be public outcry. Identifying 'who are the best design companies' also causes difficulties - how do you define 'best'? Is it based on creativity (when even the industry struggles to agree on what is 'good'), awards (Kshocolat: award winning design but a fundamentally flawed brand), service offering (do you rule out partnerships & sub-contracting) etc etc.
From the client side we must be a very complex industry to evaluate objectively and that is the challenge facing organisations during these procurement exercises. How do you select one agency over another? I would hazard a guess that the government has evaluated a range of factors including creative product, value for money and the viability of each of the companies to deliver the service they require. It may not be a perfect system but it is the system that is currently in place and, given the state of public finance, one that is probably here to stay.
Congratulations to the winning companies and I hope you make the most of the opportunity.
Procurement = the ability to fill in forms.
Has the World gone mad?
This whole procurement nonsense, which seams to have taken over our World, is complete and utter madness.
Why can’t these over paid public servants get off their arses and get out there and see what the industry has to offer...1st hand, or indeed, have they the ability of their predecessors to judge?
It’s all become too clinical and too ‘safe’.
There is a wealth of talent out there. Talent that can offer great value for money and great creativity but don’t get a chance as a result of complacency, ignorance and bureaucracy ...it is insane!
Anyway, well done those that filled in the procurement forms correctly!
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To the previous comment I think it should be noted that they are not actually allowed to do anything other than work through the current system that is in place. The Government is legally bound to not even speak about this tender ahead of the process' conclusion. So to point the finger at those working in procurement is harsh. They are only doing what they are allowed to by law. As I said previously, the system doesn't fit when it comes to creativity, but it's a system being used in the Public system across Europe. Yes, it's been introduced largely for cost reasons and that won't serve the creative industry well either. But that's up to the companies who choose to tender whether they think it's worth going for. Everyone now has an idea if what to expect and some very good companies will not get involved any more, choosing to concentrate on private sector work. No easy thing either!
May I ask why someone feels the need to defend Teviot's place on this list?
Quote:....To the previous comment I think it should be noted that they are not actually allowed to do anything other than work through the current system that is in place. The Government is legally bound to not even speak about this tender ahead of the process' conclusion.
Steven, that is EXACTLY the point of my post!
The system is insane and not providing the Tax paying public best value.
Surely someone at Scottish government should have the balls to challenge the system as it is NOT appropriate to the creative industries and NOT allowing Scottish Government to do it's job properly.
But Hey Ho...no doubt safe complacency will continue to win the day!
Lets all get better at filling in forms and forget this creative nonsense for a lark!
Mark....fair point, but whilst we may think the procurement system is naff in the extreme... and that Scottish Goverment have failed the Industry and Tax payer.....some of us might just like some work out of them!
Anyway, back to the distance learning 'how to fill in forms' course!
Anon!
Regardless of 'value for money' or 'creativity', 'location' is given too much emphasis in these Government tenders.
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