Crown Commercial Service (CCS) as the Authority intends to put in place a Dynamic Purchasing Agreement (DPS) for services including but not limited to; the provision of marketing, communications, creative services, recruitment advertising and events for all UK central government bodies, wider public sector organisations and charities
The Communications Marketplace DPS Agreement will provide central government and wider public sector organisations with a means of procuring a wide range of marketing and communications services via a dynamic list of specialist agencies. Upon application to join the DPS Agreement, agencies are required to indicate which categories and services they are able to provide and bid for.
The Communications Marketplace will be organised into distinct categories to enable Agencies to select all elements relevant to their service offering.
Clients can filter the elements to produce a shortlist of Agencies to invite to a competition.
The four (4) distinct categories comprise of:
Services
Audience
Outcome
Location for delivery
Within these filters are further sub-filters that agencies can select to demonstrate the level of services they can provide.