Marketing, Advertising and Media Buying Services - Wirral Met College

Notice title: Revised Tender Documentation and Final Consolidated Clarifications - PR-2026-0085 Description of changes Wirral Met College has completed a further review of the tender documentation for PR-2026-0085 - External Advertising Planning, Buying and Management Services, following clarification questions received from prospective bidders. The following updated documents have been issued: - Revised Tender Specification - Version 5 - Consolidated Clarification Log - Questions 01-34 (2 November 2026) The revised documentation incorporates the following clarifications: 1. Evaluation weighting The College confirms that the evaluation weighting is 70% quality and 30% price. A previous amendment notice incorrectly reversed these percentages in its description. This was a typographical error and the evaluation methodology remains unchanged. 2. Insurance requirements The minimum insurance requirements have been clarified as follows: - Employers' Liability: £5 million - Public Liability: £2 million - Professional Indemnity: £1 million - Product Liability: £2 million 3. Distribution geography The full CH64 postcode district, including Neston and surrounding areas, is included within the eligible booklet distribution geography. This does not require distribution to every household within CH64. Proposed distribution allocations remain subject to College approval. 4. Consolidated clarifications The updated Consolidated Clarification Log incorporates Questions 01-34 and provides a single reference document for bidders, including clarification of campaign requirements, pricing assumptions, invoicing and payment arrangements. 5. Superseded documents All previous versions of the Tender Specification, Bidder Response Workbook and Consolidated Clarification Log have been removed from the active tender document list and replaced by the latest approved versions. Bidders must use the latest published documents when preparing their submissions. All other tender requirements remain unchanged unless expressly amended. Tender submission deadline The deadline remains: Monday 30 November 2026 at 12:0 noon GMT Tender submissions must be emailed to **[email protected]**. Bidders who have already submitted may submit a replacement tender before the deadline. The latest valid submission will supersede any earlier submission. The target contract commencement date remains 4 January 2027, subject to completion of evaluation, approval and contract execution.

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Wirral Metropolitan College

Conway Park Campus, Birkenhead, CH41 4NT

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