Request for Information (Market Consultation): PR Agency Services in UK and Germany

Business Finland is the Finnish innovation funding, trade, investment, and travel promotion organisation, headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, with 40 offices around the world. With this request for information (market consultation) Business Finland is seeking information on B2B focused PR Agencies based in UK or Germany with wide contacts to English language media worldwide (UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa, international) and/or in DACH countries.

Business Finland Oy has needs for dynamic International Public Relations (PR) Agency Services. We are looking for a UK or Germany based PR Agency with a B2B focus with wide contacts to English language media worldwide (UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa, international) and/or in DACH countries. The goal is to build awareness for Finnish expertise and offerings in a wide range of industries primarily in earned media. The industries include Energy, Infrastructure and Processes, ICT, Metal & Machinery, Consumer, Health, Wellbeing and Education but exclude Travel. Successful PR service would include (tentative): 1. Securing impactful earned media coverage primarily by planning and executing PR strategies relevant to the market and industry in question 2. Coordination and local support in PR activities for Business Finland according to local requirements. Please note! This document serves as a Prior Information Notice. All the information provided in this Prior Information Notice is preliminary and indicative prior information.

Interested service providers are kindly requested to register by email to kilpailutus@businessfinland.fi, preferably by 31 March 2021. Please send the full name of your company and its contact person, including the person's e-mail address. Please write into the subject field of the email "PR Agency Services in the UK and Germany". Business Finland reserves the right to invite or not to invite suppliers for further discussions regarding this RFI. Business Finland will not pay any expenses related to this Prior Information Notice. This Prior Information Notice (Request for Information) does not bind Business Finland to make any procurement based on this request. Participation to this RFI does not in any way bind any party in a potential future Call for Tenders. Service providers who refrain from participating in this RFI are equally allowed to participate to the potential future Call for Tenders.