Lotterywest decision “late July or early August”
The much anticipated Lotterywest tender drags on, with a decision not due until late this month or early August – more than 4 months since tenders had to be submitted on March 19.
Contract manager Rachel Bruechle said agencies were advised of the timeline at the tender briefing, with an addenda to the RFT sent to tendering agencies after that meeting. However no updates or communications have been sent to tenderers since.
She said the process was a long one because the tender had been broken into four modules covering advertising, media and channel planning, digital and corporate design & printing meaning there are four contracts to be assessed, each with its own probity requirements.
Asked whether appointments would be made from the submitted tenders or a second ‘shortlist’ stage would be undertaken, Bruechle said she was unable to comment but that Lotterywest had allowed for that option in the tender document.
The current contract expires on November 4.
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Maybe its just me but 4 months + to make a decision appears to be somewhat of an overkill. The no update thing is pretty lame too!
How many agencies have kept people on with stretched budgets in the belief that they could win this piece of business when in truth the decisions were probably already made as the tenders were being prepared
I can’t see the reasoning in splitting the advertising from Digital and Corporate, as long as its works out financially. Surely it would be better placed to get maximum synergy across the brand work? I’m pretty sure this would be more difficult with a foot in each camp. Did LandCorp travel down this path? Did it work for them?
If it was about what’s currently hot in Perth, I would give the advertising and channel planning to Meerkats, the digital to Longtail and the design to Block.
601. Interesting how you’ve separated advertising from design. 303 could surely facilitate both?
6.01 – Just how would the design company integrate their work with whomever gets the ad business?
Are you suggesting that none of the agencies have the capability or capacity to handle the work?
You appear to be working from the ‘old school’ advertising manual?
Since you mention Block I’m thinking that MB and Co would certainly not be labeling themselves as ‘a Design Company that do ads’ and the agencies would be thinking along the same lines about their own integrated skills.
Could be wrong?
All agencies are beefing up their digital staff – so I think it unlikely that they would give digital to a separate agency. Seems the rece is on for the best digital poeple.