Notice Information
Notice Title
West Midlands Trains Marketing tender
Notice Description
West Midlands Trains is a UK rail operator, responsible for two customer-facing brands: London Northwestern Railway (LNR) - for long distance and London commuter services. www.londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk West Midlands Railway (WMR) - a regional train service for the West Midlands. www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk This tender is for the following four lots:- Lot 1 - Advertising - Destination marketing, with the aim of stimulating leisure trips. Lot 2 - Pay per click - Developing a strategy for an always-on and campaigns approach to facilitate growth. Lot 3 - Search engine optimization - A strategy is required to increase visibility of the West Midlands Railway and London Northwestern Railway websites. Lot 4 - Consumer Public Relations and Social Media - West Midlands Trains require a partner that can enhance our presence through consumer public relations and social media all year round.
Lot Information
Lot 1 - Advertising
Destination marketing, with the aim of stimulating leisure trips. The specific requirement will be:- 1. Media planning (including all traditional & digital media). 2. Strategic planning. 3. Media buying (including all traditional and digital media). 4. Digital Technology / Ad Operations time.
Lot 2 - Pay per click1. Manage the ongoing pay per click accounts. 2. Develop and manage biding strategies for Google AdWords and Bing Ads along with campaign strategies. 3. Reporting - produce weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports.
Lot 3 - Search Engine Optimization1. Facilitate the growth of visits to the West Midlands Trains websites for organic traffic through:- a) Ongoing search engine optimization management. b) Developing action plans grounded in insights. c) Activation / implementation through in-house team and cross-agency co-ordination. d) Reporting & analysis including helping to set realistic KPIs and showing trends with volume and quality of traffic generated.
Lot 4 - Consumer Public Relations and Social Media1. Consumer Public Relations strategy & implementation. 2. Social media - community management of West Midlands Trains Facebook and Twitter channels via Orlo. 3. Reporting & Insights.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-033868
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002459-2023
- 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
- Restricted procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79340000 - Advertising and marketing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £8,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 26 Jan 20233 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 20 Jun 2022Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 17 Jan 20233 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WEST MIDLANDS TRAINS LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Mark Ibbs
- Contact Email
- mark.ibbs@wmtrains.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- EC4A 3AG
- Post Town
- Central London
- 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
- TLG West Midlands (England)
-
- Local Authority
- City of London
- Electoral Ward
- Castle Baynard
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
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