International Growth Pipeline and Demand Generation Marketing

The purpose of this ITT is to appoint a single supplier to deliver an International Growth Pipeline and Demand Generation Marketing Service, as set out below, to Scottish Enterprise.

It is anticipated that the contract will start mid May 2022 for a period of 34 months. Phase one of the service will be delivered between May 2022 and December 2022 with a break clause included and Phase 2 of the service will only progress should the milestones and objectives of Phase one be met.

The purpose of this ITT is to appoint a single supplier to deliver an International Growth Pipeline and Demand Generation Marketing Service, as set out below, to Scottish Enterprise.

It is anticipated that the contract will start Mid May 2022 for a period of 34 months. Phase one of the service will be delivered between May 2022 and December 2022 with a break clause included and Phase 2 of the service will only progress should the milestones and objectives of Phase one be met.

We seek to partner with a supplier who can work with the SE Marketing and SDI Inward Investment teams and who will be able to scale, adapt, and optimise the program dependent upon key performance and success factors including number and quality of leads and available budget across two phases.

Phase one – Pilot (May to December 2022)

Phase Two – Scale up (January 2023 – March 31st, 2024)

There will be a break clauses included in the contract and the contract will only continue if milestones and objectives have been met. An extension to 12 months will be allowed for completion of the contract may be offered if required conditions, outputs and milestones have been met.. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

SPD Statement for 2A.17 – Form of Participation (Notably as part of a group, consortium, joint venture or similar).

Any contract will be entered into with the nominated lead organisation and all members of the consortium, who will in these circumstances each be required to execute said contract together with all ancillary documentation, evidencing their joint and several liability in respect of the obligations and liabilities of the contract. It will be for members of the consortium to sort out their respective duties and liabilities amongst each other. For administrative purposes, any associated documentation will be sent to the nominated lead organisation.

SPD Statement for 2C.1 - Where the main bidder relies on the capacities of other entities in order to meet the selection criteria, the bidder must provide a separate SPD response setting out the information required under SPD (Scotland): Part II (sections A and B); Part III exclusion grounds; the relevant part of Section IV selection criteria; and Part V (if applicable) for each of the entities concerned.

SPD Statement for 2D.1.2 – If the bidder proposes to subcontract any part(s) of the service and those sub-contractors are not relied upon, they should arrange for a separate SPD response from each potential subcontractor. The subcontractors must complete the relevant parts of the SPD (Scotland) (Sections A and B of Part II and Part III only) to self-declare whether there are grounds for their exclusion. This may be requested at the selection stage or prior to the subcontractor commencing work on the contract.