Strategic Communications

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    "name": "Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Limited"
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  "date": "2025-06-25T10:32:57+01:00",
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    "description": "Border to Coast Pensions Partnership is seeking a corporate communications agency to work with its Policy \u0026 Communications team. The appointed agency will act as a day-to-day extension of Border to Coast\u2019s team, helping it evolve its long-term communications strategy, spot and navigate issues that might affect the organisation or its partners, and carry out communications and public affairs activity and stakeholder engagement.\nThe selected agency will ideally know the asset management and LGPS ecosystem and understand how regulatory, political and societal factors might impact our business. It will have experience engaging with a wide range of stakeholders and have excellent communications and thought leadership capabilities in both national and trade media (financial and business).",
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      "features": "Multi Stage procedure will include a tender scoring, moderation and a supplier presentation stage for down-selected suppliers.\nAs Border to Coast previously posted a Planned Procurement Notice (Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-021452) on 14th May 2025, we will be utilising a reduced tendering period of 10 days.\nThe initial contract period is 24 months with 1x 24 month extension available.\nEstimated Dates below:\nSupplier Clarification Window\n24/06/2025 \u2013 30/06/2025\nTender Response Deadline\n04/07/2025 - 12:00pm\nPresentations (down-selected Suppliers only)\nAnticipated 19/08/2025 - 21/08/2025\nSuccessful Supplier Identified\n15/09/2025\nStandstill Period Start and End\n16/09/2025 - 25/09/2025\nAnticipated Contract Start Date\n1st October 2025",
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