Award

Provision of creative Marketing Agency Services for TPE and the TransPennine Route Upgrade Project

TRANSPENNINE EXPRESS LIMITED

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

04 Mar 2022 at 17:53

Tender

25 Oct 2021 at 15:55

TenderUpdate

25 Oct 2021 at 15:55

Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process involves the award of a contract for the "Provision of Creative Marketing Agency Services for TransPennine Express and the TransPennine Route Upgrade Project," overseen by TransPennine Express Limited. This initiative falls within the services industry, specifically targeting support services for railway transport. The procurement method utilised is selective, through a negotiated procedure with prior call for competition. The contract was signed on 3rd March 2022, with the service period expected to conclude by 1st March 2023, aiming to promote significant improvements in consumer marketing for the railway services in the UK.

This tender presents a lucrative opportunity for marketing agencies with expertise in campaign development and execution, particularly those experienced in the transport or railway sector. Businesses that specialise in integrated marketing, branding, and customer engagement strategies will be particularly well-suited to compete. The contract's emphasis on collaborative marketing campaigns indicates a preference for agencies that can align closely with TransPennine Express's objectives and actively engage stakeholders such as the Rail North Partnership and Network Rail.

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Notice Title

Provision of creative Marketing Agency Services for TPE and the TransPennine Route Upgrade Project

Notice Description

Campaign Development & Delivery The Agency will be responsible for development and delivery of integrated through-the-line marketing campaigns for the Client to meet a written set of agreed KPIs and objectives. The detail of such campaigns will be defined in a brief with the ITN and subsequent Scope of Work. Work will include, but is not limited to: *Transpennine Route Upgrade(TRU) - as the primary customer-facing beneficiary of the Transpennine Route Upgrade, train-operator TransPennine Express has a unique responsibility to lead the programme's marketing activity, working collaboratively with Rail North Partnership, Network Rail and Northern. This is a new brief for a powerful consumer marketing campaign to promote the improvements and the Agency will take the high-level campaign narrative and neutral brand which is currently being worked on and develop it into a marketing campaign to launch in Spring 2022. TransPennine Express revenue recovery/generating marketing campaigns. TransPennine Express has a successful brand campaign that we want to build on and explore the characters in more detail. We will be looking for the Agency to support us in evolving this brand campaign concept. TransPennine Express also runs other smaller, tactical and reactive campaigns throughout the year.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Agency will be responsible for development and delivery of integrated through-the-line marketing campaigns for the Client to meet a written set of agreed KPIs and objectives.

Renewal: within the same remit

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ef19
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006091-2022
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services


CPV Codes

63711000 - Support services for railway transport

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£2,500,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£2,500,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
4 Mar 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
22 Nov 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
3 Mar 20223 years ago
Contract Period
1 Mar 2022 - 1 Mar 2023 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
TRANSPENNINE EXPRESS LIMITED
Additional Buyers

TRANSPENNINE EXPRESS

Contact Name
Annalisha Noel
Contact Email
frh-procurement.indirects@firstrail.com, procurement.services@tpexpress.co.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
MANCHESTER
Postcode
M1 6LT
Post Town
Manchester
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
TLD North West (England)

Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
Hyde Park
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

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