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Strategic Communications

BORDER TO COAST PENSIONS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: BORDER TO COAST PENSIONS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED

Buyer Address: 5th Floor Toronto Square, Leeds, UKE42, LS1 2HJ, United Kingdom

Contact Email: procurement@bordertocoast.org.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
open
Value
560000.0 GBP
Published
16 Sep 2025, 15:53
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
30 Sep 2025, 23:00
Contract End
30 Sep 2027, 22:59
Category
n/a
CPV
79416200 - Public relations consultancy services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
APELLA ADVISORS LIMITED
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

Border to Coast Pensions Partnership is seeking a corporate communications agency to work with its Policy & Communications team. The appointed agency will act as a day-to-day extension of Border to Coast's 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. The 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). 22 tenders were received and 3 suppliers were shortlisted to the final stage

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 1 Status: complete

Awards

Award Title: Strategic Communications

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