Kent County Council has published this notice through Delta eSourcing
| Notice Summary |
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| Title: | A Kentish Ceremony |
| Notice type: | UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice |
| Authority: | Kent County Council |
| Nature of contract: | Services |
| Procedure: | Above threshold - Open procedure |
| Short Description: | Kent County Council (the Council) is planning a procurement process to appoint a new supplier through a contract for the delivery of services related to the Kentish Ceremony brand. This will include full-service management of the magazine, covering design, content curation, selling ad space, printing, and distribution, as well as ongoing management of the associated website and social media channels. The contract will also include the creation, printing, and distribution of the annual Bereavement Guide, produced on behalf of Kent County Council and Bexley Council. |
| Published: | 05/11/2025 10:46 |
A Kentish Ceremony
Contracting authority
- Contracting authority:
- Kent County Council
- Public Procurement Organisation Number:
- PLDL-8938-YGYW
- Address:
Sessions House, County Road
Maidstone
ME14 1XQ
UK- Contact name:
- Laura Garay
- Email:
- laura.garay2@kent.gov.uk
- Telephone:
- Not provided
- Website:
- https://www.kent.gov.uk/
- Organisation type:
- REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
- Devolved regulations that apply:
- None
Procedure
- Procedure type:
Open procedure- Preliminary market engagement conducted:
- Not provided
- Tenders received:
- 0
- Tenders assessed:
- 0
- Tenders from SMEs:
- 0
- Tenders from VCSEs:
- 0
- Special regime:
None
Scope
- Title:
- A Kentish Ceremony
- Reference number:
- CN250548
- Main category:
- SERVICES
- Description:
- Kent County Council (the Council) is planning a procurement process to appoint a new supplier through a contract for the delivery of services related to the Kentish Ceremony brand. This will include full-service management of the magazine, covering design, content curation, selling ad space, printing, and distribution, as well as ongoing management of the associated website and social media channels. The contract will also include the creation, printing, and distribution of the annual Bereavement Guide, produced on behalf of Kent County Council and Bexley Council.
To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=992168293
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/ZNSJ8C2SW9 - Total value (estimated):
GBP 420,000 including VAT- Contract dates (estimated):
- 01/06/2026 to 31/05/2029
- CPV classifications:
22213000 - Magazines.
72212224 - Web page editing software development services.- Delivery regions:
Not provided
Participation
- Suitable for SMEs:
- Yes
- Suitable for VCSEs:
- No
Engagement
- Engagement deadline:
- 26/11/2025
- Engagement status:
The engagement has not yet been carried out.- Engagement process description:
- Kent County Council (the Council) is engaging with suppliers regarding capacity in the market to provide the Kentish Ceremony requirements, via a market engagement exercise in October/November 2025. All interested suppliers are asked to complete the published market engagement questionnaire and return to the Council by Wednesday 26th November 2025 deadline. After which further virtual market engagement discussions may be held with suppliers to discuss responses further in more detail.
As part of the Market Engagement exercise, all interested organisations are invited to complete a Market Engagement questionnaire via the Kent Business Portal (https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/) (Ref: 989981095). This will be used to gather information, and build on our existing market intelligence to shape our procurement strategy.
All responses to this questionnaire should be submitted via the Kent Business Portal, no later than 12pm on Wednesday 26th November 2025. All questionnaire responses will be treated as ‘commercial in confidence.
Please use the following access code to submit your market engagement questionnaire: 6F9F528U6W
Submission
Other organisations
Not provided