# UKSBS PS17035 BEIS Creative Design and Production > Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources. ## Key facts - Public buyer: [UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED](/buyers/uk-shared-business-services-limited/contract-awards) - Contract winner: FOUR COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LIMITED - Award value: £150,000 - Tender value: £1,500,000 - Award date: 10 October 2017 - Published: 23 August 2019 - Contract start: 16 October 2017 - Contract end: 15 October 2020 - Stage: awarded - Procurement category: services - Notice ID: b0b43541-08ce-4b4b-8a74-2bb3e6228676-309823 - OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d64e1276-7032-45b7-9335-e7aa1e92abc0 ## Description The final date and time for the submission of bids is 07/09/2017 at 11:00 DO NOT apply directly to the buyer\. All tender information MUST be submitted through the CCS eSourcing Portal\. The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy \(BEIS\) invites you to tender to be the lead creative agency to work with BEIS and its partner organisations to deliver creative design, brand development and production for a broad range of campaigns and other communications activity across BEIS and its partners\. We are seeking to appoint an agency on a call-off/standby basis to respond to campaign and other communications briefs as they emerge Please ensure you review all attached information to ensure a full understanding of this requirement\. All attachments can be found with the RFx attachments tab within the Emptoris System\. This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria set out in the ITQ document\. How to Apply As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services Ltd \(UK SBS\) and Crown Commercial Service \(CCS\), UK SBS will be using the CCS eSourcing Suite for this procurement\. To register on the CCS eSourcing portal please follow the details contained within the Additional Information section of this notice\. If you are already registered on the CCS eSourcing portal and wish to register your interest in this opportunity please email; expressionofinterest@crowncommercial\.gov\.uk Your email must clearly state: • the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; • the name of the registered Bidder; • the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email\. Additional information: DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 \(Threshold amounts\) Responses must be received by the date in the bid documents\. Responses received outside or concurrently using the eSourcing process will not be accepted or considered further for this opportunity\. How to Register on the CCS eSourcing Suite Full details of this opportunity can be found on the e-sourcing portal please follow instructions below\. If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing\.cabinetoffice\.gov\.uk by following the link 'Register for CCS eSourcing'\. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number \(as provided by Dun and Bradstreet\) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so\. Once you have registered on the eSourcing Suite, a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement\. This is done by emailing expressionofinterest@crowncommercial\.gov\.uk\. Your email must clearly state: • name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; • name of the registered Bidder; • name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email\. Crown Commercial Service will process the email and then enable the Bidder to access the procurement online via the e-Sourcing Suite\. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done\. The Sourcing documents can then be accessed on the eSourcing Suite at: https://gpsesourcing\.cabinetoffice\.gov\.uk using the instructions detailed in the Specification documents within Contracts Finder\. As a user of the e-Sourcing Suite you will have access to Emptoris email messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific RFX event\. Please note it is your responsibility to access these emails on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information\. For technical assistance on use of the e-Sourcing Suite please contact Crown Commercial Service Helpdesk: Telephone: 0345 010 3503 Training documents to support Bidders to utilise Emptoris CCS eSourcing are available in the Contracts Finder Tender documents section\. About UK Shared Business Services UK Shared Business Services Ltd \(UK SBS\) brings a commercial attitude to the public sector; helping our customers improve efficiency, generate savings and modernise\. Our broad range of expert services is shared by our customers\. This allows our customers the freedom to focus resources on core activities; innovating and transforming their own organisations\. For full details of our partner base please review the following link: http://www\.uksbs\.co\.uk/services/procure/ ## Related contract awards - [UKRI Penetration Testing Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-02ab3ede-3735-4f6d-a280-5b5eea766387): UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED - [DDaT27528](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c765f543-86ab-4661-9362-bf38722685fb): UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED - [DDaT26469 - Software Asset Management Tool](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-73c83b1e-abd0-4885-af82-243b7a06aa47): UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED - [Childcare Choices Campaign ITT 2024 con\_25355](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-f6a6c8cf-0ebc-4a58-9ba0-ae3e331a512c): Department for Education - [Teaching Vacancies Service - PR & Stakeholder Engagement ITT 2023](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-4fbac10c-e8cc-4edc-89fc-13bc25127152): Department for Education - [Provision of Public Relations \(PR\) Agency Support](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-16f3af64-17d4-45f8-b34c-65bbacf1b06a): Ministry of Justice ## Source [View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b0b43541-08ce-4b4b-8a74-2bb3e6228676-309823)