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Appointment of Creative/Advertising Agency for Creative Campaign for Portsmouth Historic Dockyard (2025 Issue)

National Museum of the Royal Navy · Tender notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 12:00.

Opportunity overview

The Appointment of Creative/Advertising Agency for Creative Campaign for Portsmouth Historic Dockyard tender issued by the National Museum of the Royal Navy Operations (NMRN Operations) and Mary Rose Trust is for the provision of Creative/Marketing Agency services. This appointment is for an initial 12-month creative campaign for Portsmouth Historic Dockyard- with an option retained to extend for a further 12 months. The NMRN and Mary Rose Trust (as joint operators of Portsmouth Historic Dockyard as PHD Operations) will host an Online Market Engagement Session to discuss the tender. This is due to take place on Friday 7th November 2025, to ensure you book onto this Online Market Engagement Session and to ensure you receive an MS Teams Invite, please express an interest in this tender opportunity by emailing; tenders@nmrn.org.uk Clarifications should be issued to the NMRN Tenders Inbox- tenders@nmrn.org.uk

Classification

  • CPV79340000 — Advertising and marketing services

Lots

  • Lot 1£60k

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
NMRNO.2025.014
Status
complete
Above Threshold
No
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
How to submit
All submissions are to be sent to tenders@nmrn.org.uk only, there is no other portal for this. For more information about the NMRN please see www.nmrn.org.uk
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
070886-2025
Description
Wording change to maintain accuracy.
Entry 2
Id
074699-2025
Description
Clarification Issue 1

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Tender Period

Ends
24 Nov 2025, 12:00

Enquiry period

Ends
14 Nov 2025, 12:00

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Other Requirements

Reserved Participation Location

Gazetteer

Scheme
GB-ONS

Identifiers

K02000001

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete
Has Renewal
Yes

Value

Amount
60,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
72,000

Renewal

Description
See ITT document.

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Award criteria

Description
The award of this tender will be done by a Point Per Quality Score Assessment, which is detailed in the ITT. With the award being on a combined quality and price assessment.

Contract period

Ends
4 Jan 2027, 23:59
Starts
5 Jan 2026, 00:00
Max Extent Date
4 Jan 2028, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKC
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 3
Region
UKE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 4
Region
UKF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 5
Region
UKG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 6
Region
UKH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 7
Region
UKI
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 8
Region
UKJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 9
Region
UKK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 10
Region
UKC
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 11
Region
UKD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 12
Region
UKE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 13
Region
UKF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 14
Region
UKG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 15
Region
UKH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 16
Region
UKI
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 17
Region
UKJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 18
Region
UKK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 19
Region
UKC
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 20
Region
UKD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 21
Region
UKE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 22
Region
UKF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 23
Region
UKG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 24
Region
UKH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 25
Region
UKI
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 26
Region
UKJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 27
Region
UKK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
79340000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Advertising and marketing services

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
A-6806
Format
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
Description
Invitation to Tender Document, Annex D-H including response forms for quality and price must be completed.
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Entry 2
Id
A-6807
Format
application/pdf
Description
The main Scope of Requirement for this tender.
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Entry 3
Id
A-6808
Format
application/pdf
Description
Included, with majority of information in Appendix 1, for reference.
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Entry 4
Id
069543-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
29 Oct 2025, 17:01
Entry 5
Id
070886-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
4 Nov 2025, 14:39
Entry 6
Id
A-7997
Format
application/pdf
Description
Issue 1 of clarification responses.
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Entry 7
Id
074699-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
18 Nov 2025, 11:31
Entry 8
Id
082269-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK12
Description
Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderCancellationNotice
Published
12 Dec 2025, 08:37

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PZYJ-5834-NBRM
Name
National Museum of the Royal Navy

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKJ31
Country
GB
Locality
Portsmouth
Postal Code
PO1 3NH
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Main Road (PP66), HM Naval Base Portsmouth

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
PZYJ-5834-NBRM
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Dave Hartley

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Status Details
National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) has decided to withdraw the tender for the Appointment of Creative/Advertising Agency for Creative Campaign for Portsmouth Historic Dockyard (2025 Issue). The decision was reached following the evaluation of the fourteen bids received, as none achieved the minimum quality threshold of 60% set out in Section 5.2.2 of the Invitation to Tender (ITT): Tenderers who score below 60% of the total available weighted quality score of the initial scoring for this opportunity will not be shortlisted to be selected for this tender or post-submission interviews. It should also be noted that the NMRN applied the 60% threshold to Criteria 1-4, as Criteria 5 was reserved for those shortlisted for post-submission interviews to complete the full evaluation. Therefore, the decision was based on criteria available at the time of the evaluation. the initial evaluation.
Final Status Date
5 Dec 2025, 00:00

Related lots

1

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Portsmouth · UKJ31 · PO1 3NH · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKC · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKD · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKE · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKF · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKG · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKH · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKI · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKJ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05d6a6-2025-12-12T08:37:29ZTender notice on Find a Tender ·