Glasgow City Council’s multi-agency framework for the provision of marketing and promotions goods and services has been finalised, with an annual spend of £1.24m across 22 Lots.

The new framework, which covers the council’s marketing and promotions suppliers, was put out to tender in August last year and will be finalised today (19 January) and will run for two years, beginning on 20 February 2012.

The framework includes 22 Lots, with the Council having previously procured individual requirements on a case-by-case basis, and can be accessed by all Council services and all Arms length external organisations (ALEO’s).

In total, 233 suppliers expressed an interest in tendering for the framework , with 103 submitting Pre Qualification Questionnaires, and 68 suppliers being invited to tender.
In the end, no agencies were appointed to Lot 3 (Provision of Trophies and Medals with Logos) or to Lot 13 (Provision of Graphic Design Services for Basic Design Requirements) as the tender process found the rates offered not of ‘commercially best value’ as they were ‘significantly higher’ than existing rates. Both lots will now be re-tendered.

The appointments are below:

Lot 1: Provision of Promotional Items – VPP, Ross Promotional Products, Merchandise Mania
Lot 2: Provision of T-Shirts with Logos – J&B Promotions Distribution, PA Promotions, Ross Promotional Products
Lot 4: Provision of Banners, Flags and Event Displays – Matic Media, Service Graphics, Banner & Flag
Lot 5: Provision of Banners and Flags for Dress the City – Banner & Flag, Matic Media
Lot 6: Graphic Design Services for Destination Marketing – D8, Maguire Advertising, Tangent Graphic, Front Page Design, 999 Design
Lot 7: Graphic Design Services for Public Awareness – D8, Tangent Graphic, The Stone Agency, Ten Alps Vision, O Street
Lot 8: D8, Sumo Design, Freight Design, Front Page Design, Tangent Graphic,
Lot 9: Graphic Design Services for Arts – Sumo Design, D8, Tangent Graphic, JamHot, Freight Design, The Hub, O Street, Cactus Creative
Lot 10: Graphic Design Services for Venue and Attractions – D8, Maguire Advertising, Freight, JamHot, Sumo Design
Lot 11: Graphic Design Services for Sports and Fitness – D8, Freight Design, The Stone Agency, Tangent Graphic, Material
Lot 12: Provision of Graphic Design Services for Children and Young People – JamHot, The Stone Agency, D8, Tangent Graphic, 999 Design, Lawrence Creative
Lot 14: Provision of Graphic Design Services for Corporate Identity Materials – D8, Lawrence Creative, Tangent Graphic, The Stone Agency, Freight Design
Lot 15: Provision of Qualitative/Deliberative Engagement Research Services – FMR Research, Ipsos Mori, EKOS, Ekosgen,
Lot 16: Provision of Quantative Research Services – Research Resource, Blake Stevenson, Cello MRUK, Ipsos Mori,
Lot 17: Provision of Household Survey Research Services – Ipsos Mori
Lot 18: Provision of Research Services for Evaluation Purposes – Ekosgen, Blake Stevenson, Ashbrook, The Social Marketing Gateway
Lot 19: Provision of Economic Development Research – Eksogen, EKOS, Blake Stevenson, Moffat Centre
Lot 20: Provision of Human Resources Research Services – Ipsos Mori, ORC International
Lot 21: Provision of Community Research and Consultation Services – Ekosgen, EKOS, Blake Stevenson, Moffat Centre
Lot 22: Provision of Photography Services – Ian Watson t/a Studio Scotland, Gourlay Graphics (Geewhizz Digital) and McAteer Photograph

The creation of the tender is estimated to save £58,000 a year and will conclude on 19 February 2014 prior to the Commonwealth Games being held in Glasgow, although a two-year extension may be taken up.