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Scottish Government Marketing Services (2026) Lots 1 & 2 for Creative Industries re-issued.

The Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate (SPPD) is the organisation tasked with procuring frameworks and contracts on behalf of Scottish public sector bodies.

Due to technical issues beyond Scottish Procurement’s control, Lots 1 and 2 for Creative Services is being re-advertised.

Lot No: 1 Creative Services (above 75,000 GBP)

This is a re-advertisement - It is envisaged that Lot 1 will have five suppliers appointed. Creative Services will include the development, creation and delivery of effective and measurable marketing communications programmes and advertising campaigns as well as elements of wider activities, based on a Framework Public Body’s brief, and potentially delivered in partnership with the relevant marketing agencies. The suppliers must have the capability and experience in managing and providing strategic creative development and delivery across the disciplines of this category, where relevant to support behaviour change, including the delivery of advertising activity, content creation, engaging field activity, impactful, targeted and measurable communications. Lot 1 will be for call off contracts above 75,000 GBP.

Lot No: 2 Creative Services (below 75,000 GBP)

This is a re-advertisement - It is envisaged that Lot 2 will have three suppliers appointed. Creative Services will include the development, creation and delivery of effective and measurable marketing communications programmes and advertising campaigns as well as elements of wider activities, based on a Framework Public Body’s brief, and potentially delivered in partnership with the relevant marketing agencies. The suppliers must have the capability and experience in managing and providing strategic creative development and delivery across the disciplines of this category, where relevant to support behaviour change, including the delivery of advertising activity, content creation, engaging field activity, impactful, targeted and measurable communications. Lot 2 will be for call off contracts below 75,000 GBP.

To encourage smaller organisations to participate in the Creative services (Lots 1 and 2) a Tenderer may only be successful in one of these Lots. For Lots 1 and 2 Scottish Government will undertake the evaluation in sequence and evaluate Lot 1 first. The Tenderers with the most economically advantageous tender in Lot 1 will be the preferred Tenderers for Lot 1.

 If any of the preferred Tenderers for Lot 1 also bid for Lot 2, they will be eliminated from consideration for Lot 2. From the remaining bids in Lot 2 the Tenderers with the most economically advantageous tenders will be the preferred Tenderers for Lot 2.

To find out more please see the contract notice published on Public Contracts Scotland

Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate 06/02/2026 Local time: 12:00

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