Communications and marketing research (FOI)

​Request

We are conducting a short piece of research for a new public relations and marketing client that is interested in bidding for public sector contracts. I would therefore be grateful if you would provide the following information submitted as a Freedom of Information Request.

Part 1

A

Does your department / agency / organisation currently use a private company to undertake any of the following services:

• Public Relations

• Social Media Communications

• External Stakeholder Communications

• Internal Stakeholder Communications

B

If yes, can you please confirm:

• when the current contract was last let

• when the current contract expires

• whether the current contract has options to extend its length

• when you expect to retender the contract

C

If no, to question 'A' above, are you considering letting such a contract in the future and if so, do you have an approximate timetable for engaging the market?

Part 2

D

Have you used a private company to help you with any other marketing or public information campaigns in the past 2 years?

E

If so, could you please provide a brief overview of what those campaigns were about and approximately how long your contract with the company was for to support the campaign(s)?

Response

A to E

The information requested is contained in the following table:

Communications and Marketing research