Marketing & Social Media activities in the US, covering Beef, Lamb and Pork

AWARDED - AHDB are looking to appoint a Marketing partner to help us to:

- Maximise and track engagement with AHDB's core target audience on social media - Encourage this target audience to make contact with AHDB for information and track their interaction with on social media - Increase and track participation to our events - Reach out to the traditional trade media by releasing interesting and up to date Press Releases on our events, British Farming News and products. The initial contract is for 1 year with the option to extend 1+1, start date of beginning of July 2022 (indicative and subject to change) The contract value is £70,000 per annum, a potential £210,000 over a course of 3 years if all extensions are taking up, exclusive of VAT. Although we would prefer an agency to be based or have a commercial office in the US for this contract, AHDB are open to any UK suppliers submitting a proposal for this opportunity

Additional information: Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender and respond to the opportunity

1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register Accept the terms and conditions and click 'continue' Enter your correct business and user details - Note the username you chose and click 'Save' when complete You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure)

2. Express an Interest in the tender Login to the portal with the username/password Click the ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) - Click on the relevant ITT to access the content. Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page. This will move the ITT into your 'My ITTs' page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) You can now access any attachments by clicking 'Buyer Attachments' in the 'ITT Details' box

3. Responding to the tender Click 'My Response' under 'ITT Details', you can choose to 'Create Response' or to 'Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining) You can now use the 'Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification - Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITT There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available) You must then submit your reply using the 'Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help.