Clarifications

135. Good afternoon. With reference to questions 117 to 121 of the DPSQ, should any of the named supplier contacts change after being appointed as a supplier on the Communications Marketplace DPS, is the appointed agency required to resubmit its application to the DPS?

134. Within document 'Attachment 4 - Additional Sub-Contractor(s) v1', columns N and O do not give any drop down answers to choose from. Can you please provide an updated version of the document?

133. Good Afternoon, As a Media Agency, our core discipline is Media Planning and Buying. Please could you confirm that you would expect there to be significant opportunities for Media Planning and Buying in terms of relevant call-off contracts through the DPS?

132. Hi there, We have the Forestry Commission (DEFRA) and MCA as contracts we'd like to use as our 2 example contracts. However, DEFRA have initially said it's their policy to not give references and CCS should know that. I've queried this by advising that it's not a reference, but it's a confirmation of work? Please can you advise if you foresee this to be an issue? Thanks

131. I have received the signed contract examples from clients and am trying to upload to the DPS. However, I am getting the below error message when I try and it's prohibiting me from progressing to completion. How do i move forward? "The content you are trying to access does not exist or has expired. Please try again or go to the Home page".

130. Can you please define what the required contacts are for: Authorised Representative - authorised to do what?

129. Can you please explain what you mean by 'must have concluded and have an end date'? We have put that the contract end date as 01/01/2023 - the campaign work described in this contract has concluded but our contract is until 2023 with the client, where new campaigns will be created. Can we change the dates to the campaign dates and not the contract?

128. With the letters clients submit in support of our contract examples, can they simply supply a digital signature, or do they need to print off and sign the letter manually and then scan it in? Please confirm

127. I have received an email asking me to complete a further questionnaire (SAQ 4.0) on the supplierassurance.com website: 1. Do I have to complete the SQ Evidence Submission now or at some specific point in the future? 2. Will not completing this now hinder our ability to see/receive new tender opportunities? 3. Is there a way of bringing the information already entered into the supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk system across and into the supplierassurance.com system?

126. 1. Do I have to complete the SQ Evidence Submission now or at some point in the future? 2. Is it a mandatory element in the process or will documentary evidence be requested where required as suggested by other responses to questions? 3. Will not completing this now hinder our ability to see/receive new tender opportunities? 4. Many of the questions are very similar and or overlapping. Is it mandatory to respond to every single one or will, for example, the audited accounts for the last 2 years suffice for evidencing the financial standing on the company?

125. Is there a maximum length for the contract examples? Words / characters?

124. With regards to client contract value - our private sector client would not be happy with us disclosing this as it would break confidentiality agreements. Are we able to decline revealing this information based on the client NDA that we have signed? Our public sector client is happy for us to share this information as it's publicly available information.

123. The Public Relations CPV code that I entered at the start of the process, doesn't seem to be listed in the initial contract notice (codes below are those listed in the initial notice and none of them relate to PR / Communications). If I have entered the wrong CPV code - what are the consequences - and can I amend this? I asked the question via email some time ago and it has not been answered. Advertising material - 22462000 Portable computers - 30213100 Television and audio-visual equipment - 32320000 Exhibition equipment - 39154000 Database and operating software package - 48600000 Catering services - 55520000 Multimedia Message Service (MMS) services - 64212300 Analysis services - 71620000 Business analysis consultancy services - 72221000 Project management consultancy services - 72224000 Data services - 72300000 World wide web (www) site design services - 72413000 Application service providers - 72416000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000 Motion picture and video services - 92100000 Radio and television services - 92200000 Sports-event promotion services - 92621000 Sports-event organisation services - 92622000

122. Regarding the Communications Marketplace Planning spreadsheet, I would be very grateful for some clarity regarding our core competency: Media Planning and Buying. It isn't a 'niche' discipline, particularly: every ad you see or hear has been planned to reach a particular target and bought to get the best value for the Client. We plan and buy all media: TV, Radio, Press (traditional 'offline' media) as well as Online: Social, Progammatic and Display in ways to maximise coverage and frequency and/or encourage response. There really should be a "Main Value" that encapsulates Media Planning and Buying definitively, with sub-sections for various media and competencies. If we can have some clarity on this, we would be really very grateful and it would give us the opportunity to pick up contracts that we can fulfil to our best ability (and the Client's satisfaction!).

121. Good Afternoon, We have 2 clarification queries please: 1) As an appointed agency, please can you confirm the procedure for adding additional specialist sub-contractors who may be relevant to a particular bid, but who may not be currently listed on our registration. Are we taken back to the 'Assessing' point at this stage, and if so how long does this take? Would we have to wait for approval before continuing to bid for this piece of work? Similarly, if we are mid bid on another concurrent procurement, is this halted until the assessment is complete? 2) Please can you advise where we would obtain further information on the marketing collateral we can produce to add to our profile? Thank you for your assistance.

120. Can you please clarify what information needs to go in questions 1 and 2 for Selection Questionairre name and description? Our name seems to have been automatically generated as numbers but there's nothing in the description - should this description reflect our services and should we change the numbers to our business name?

119. Regarding the service lines matrix spreadsheet, I would be very grateful for some clarity regarding our core competency: Media Planning and Buying. It isn't a 'niche' discipline, particularly: every ad you see or hear has been planned to reach a particular target and bought to get the best value for the Client. We plan and buy all media: TV, Radio, Press (traditional 'offline' media) as well as Online: Social, Progammatic and Display in ways to maximise coverage and frequency and/or encourage response. There really should be a "Main Value" that encapsulates Media Planning and Buying definitively, with sub-sections for various media and competencies. If we can get some clarity on this, we would be really very grateful and it would give us the opportunity to pick up contracts that we can fulfil to our best ability.

118. Hi there, Please can you confirm that when selecting the CPV codes/service headings we wish to put our name against, we are exclusively offering to perform PR/communications type requests? For example, we are expressing an ability to deliver communications within the agricultural sector, rather than offer tangible agricultural products.

117. Hi I have asked this question already but (in addition to other questions) had no response. Hopefully this one gets through.... Some of the evidence we have been asked to submit in support of our SQ response appears unnecessary given other evidence we will be providing. For example, by submitting two years' audited accounts, we would also and at the same time be providing a statement of turnover and our P&L, so wouldn't expect to have to also provide those separately. As such, if we submit: • Audited accounts for 2 years • Insurance certificates • Proof of support & commitment to Skills & Apprenticeships... ...will this be sufficient? Many thanks

116. Two questions from our side! 1) As a small company I think we are exempt from audit? Unsure if the Self Audit Certificate needs to be signed by a chartered accountant or not? 2) In the document called Joint Schedule 11 (Processing Data)_v1.0, who is the 'relevant authority'?