Strategic Communications

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

BORDER TO COAST PENSIONS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

071539-2025

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 79416200

Published tags

award, contract

Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

27 Aug 2026

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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Observed notice trail

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1. Planning notice observed

   14 May 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   021376-2025

   Published tags

   planning

2. Planning notice observed

   14 May 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   021452-2025

   Published tags

   planning

3. Tender notice observed

   25 Jun 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   034952-2025

   Published tags

   tender

4. Award notice observed

   16 Sept 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Strategic Communications

  Buyer: BORDER TO COAST PENSIONS PARTNERSHIP LIMITEDSupplier: Apella Advisors Limited

  End date in notice

  30 Sept 2027Date from the linked contract

  Value shown in notice

  £463,598Value from the linked contract

  Official source

  Open the official Find a Tender notice for Strategic Communications

  About this figure

  • This figure comes from the linked contract record. Overall totals continue to use the separately published award value.
  • The dates published for the award and the linked contract do not agree. A contract end date is shown only when the linked records agree.

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  Source

  Find a Tender

  Award or lot reference

  1

Related evidence

Published terms and linked processes

• Renewal information is statedLot 1Published 14 May 2025.Open supporting notice 021376-2025
• Renewal information is statedLot 1

  The contract will run on a 2 year initial term followed by an additional 2 year extension

  Published 14 May 2025.Open supporting notice 021452-2025
• Renewal information is statedLot 1

  Initial contract term of 24 months, with 1x 24 month extension available.

  Published 25 Jun 2025.Open supporting notice 034952-2025

No exact source-published process relationship was found.