Award

Digital Marketing Services - Paid Social Media Advertising

NORTHERN TRAINS LIMITED

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

12 Sep 2023 at 11:00

Tender

21 Mar 2023 at 16:41

Summary of the contracting process

Northern Trains Limited (Northern) has recently completed an award for the procurement titled "Digital Marketing Services – Paid Social Media Advertising". Northern Trains Limited, the largest rail company in the North of England, is seeking an Agency partner to provide Paid Social Media Advertising services to raise awareness of Northern. This procurement falls under the services category with a main procurement category of Marketing services. The procurement stage was selective, following a negotiated procedure with a prior call for competition. The award was granted to CreativeRace Ltd. The contract was signed on 4th September 2023.

This tender from Northern Trains Limited presents a substantial business growth opportunity for agencies specializing in Marketing services, particularly in Paid Social Media Advertising. Companies experienced in providing digital marketing solutions to drive traffic and raise awareness for large-scale operations, like Northern Trains Limited, would be well-suited to compete. The opportunities lie in offering innovative strategies to optimise Northern's marketing campaigns effectively and reach a broad audience across the North of England.

Find more tenders on our Open Data Platform.
How relevant is this notice?

D3 Tenders Premium

Win More Public Sector Contracts

AI-powered tender discovery, pipeline management, and market intelligence — everything you need to grow your public sector business.

Notice Title

Digital Marketing Services - Paid Social Media Advertising

Notice Description

Northern Trains Limited (Northern) are looking for an Agency partner to provide Paid Social Media Advertising services to raise awareness of Northern and drive traffic to the Northern website: https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/ and the Northern app.Northern are a rail company who encourage Leisure and Commuter customers to "Go Do Their Thing" across the North of England.In a typical year, Northern operates a mix of brand-led, seasonal, and tactical campaigns, utilising the sophisticated pricing, targeting and customer persona data at its disposal.Northern is the largest rail company in the North of England, carrying 1 million passengers daily to over 540 destinations. With a fleet of new and refurbished trains, a pipeline of innovations across the entire customer journey and recent gains in brand measures, Northern has fertile ground for growth and a compelling story to tell.We strive to be outstanding in everything we do. We want to work with people who are committed to delivering

Lot Information

Lot 1

Northern Trains Limited (Northern) are looking for an Agency partner to provide Paid Social Media Advertising services to raise awareness of Northern and drive traffic to the Northern website: https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/ and the Northern app.Northern are a rail company who encourage Leisure and Commuter customers to "Go Do Their Thing" across the North of England.In a typical year, Northern operates a mix of brand-led, seasonal, and tactical campaigns, utilising the sophisticated pricing, targeting and customer persona data at its disposal.Northern is the largest rail company in the North of England, carrying 1 million passengers daily to over 540 destinations. With a fleet of new and refurbished trains, a pipeline of innovations across the entire customer journey and recent gains in brand measures, Northern has fertile ground for growth and a compelling story to tell.We strive to be outstanding in everything we do. We want to work with people who are committed to delivering the highest possible level of performance in everything that they do. We want to work with a partner who is open to ideas, to collaboration, to challenges and to new ways of thinking. In addition to asking all those things of us.

Renewal: Refer to tender documentation.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b4d9
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026929-2023
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
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security


CPV Codes

79342000 - Marketing services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,200,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
12 Sep 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
24 Apr 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
3 Sep 20232 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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NORTHERN TRAINS LIMITED
Contact Name
Steve Bolton
Contact Email
steve.bolton@northernrailway.co.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
YORK
Postcode
YO1 6JT
Post Town
York
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE2 North Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE21 York
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
York
Electoral Ward
Micklegate
Westminster Constituency
York Central

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

CREATIVERACE

Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)

View full OCDS Record for this contracting process

Download

The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.

{
    "tag": [
        "compiled"
    ],
    "id": "ocds-h6vhtk-03b4d9-2023-09-12T12:00:15+01:00",
    "date": "2023-09-12T12:00:15+01:00",
    "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-03b4d9",
    "initiationType": "tender",
    "tender": {
        "id": "NTL/PT/0053",
        "legalBasis": {
            "id": "32014L0025",
            "scheme": "CELEX"
        },
        "title": "Digital Marketing Services - Paid Social Media Advertising",
        "status": "complete",
        "classification": {
            "scheme": "CPV",
            "id": "79342000",
            "description": "Marketing services"
        },
        "mainProcurementCategory": "services",
        "description": "Northern Trains Limited (Northern) are looking for an Agency partner to provide Paid Social Media Advertising services to raise awareness of Northern and drive traffic to the Northern website: https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/ and the Northern app.Northern are a rail company who encourage Leisure and Commuter customers to \"Go Do Their Thing\" across the North of England.In a typical year, Northern operates a mix of brand-led, seasonal, and tactical campaigns, utilising the sophisticated pricing, targeting and customer persona data at its disposal.Northern is the largest rail company in the North of England, carrying 1 million passengers daily to over 540 destinations. With a fleet of new and refurbished trains, a pipeline of innovations across the entire customer journey and recent gains in brand measures, Northern has fertile ground for growth and a compelling story to tell.We strive to be outstanding in everything we do. We want to work with people who are committed to delivering",
        "value": {
            "amount": 1200000,
            "currency": "GBP"
        },
        "lots": [
            {
                "id": "1",
                "description": "Northern Trains Limited (Northern) are looking for an Agency partner to provide Paid Social Media Advertising services to raise awareness of Northern and drive traffic to the Northern website: https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/ and the Northern app.Northern are a rail company who encourage Leisure and Commuter customers to \"Go Do Their Thing\" across the North of England.In a typical year, Northern operates a mix of brand-led, seasonal, and tactical campaigns, utilising the sophisticated pricing, targeting and customer persona data at its disposal.Northern is the largest rail company in the North of England, carrying 1 million passengers daily to over 540 destinations. With a fleet of new and refurbished trains, a pipeline of innovations across the entire customer journey and recent gains in brand measures, Northern has fertile ground for growth and a compelling story to tell.We strive to be outstanding in everything we do. We want to work with people who are committed to delivering the highest possible level of performance in everything that they do. We want to work with a partner who is open to ideas, to collaboration, to challenges and to new ways of thinking. In addition to asking all those things of us.",
                "contractPeriod": {
                    "durationInDays": 720
                },
                "hasRenewal": true,
                "renewal": {
                    "description": "Refer to tender documentation."
                },
                "secondStage": {
                    "maximumCandidates": 3
                },
                "submissionTerms": {
                    "variantPolicy": "notAllowed"
                },
                "hasOptions": false,
                "status": "cancelled"
            }
        ],
        "items": [
            {
                "id": "1",
                "additionalClassifications": [
                    {
                        "scheme": "CPV",
                        "id": "79342000",
                        "description": "Marketing services"
                    }
                ],
                "deliveryAddresses": [
                    {
                        "region": "UK"
                    },
                    {
                        "region": "UK"
                    }
                ],
                "relatedLot": "1"
            }
        ],
        "participationFees": [
            {
                "id": "1",
                "type": [
                    "document"
                ]
            }
        ],
        "submissionMethod": [
            "electronicSubmission",
            "written"
        ],
        "submissionMethodDetails": "https://in-tendhost.co.uk/northernrailway/aspx/Home",
        "documents": [
            {
                "id": "economic",
                "documentType": "economicSelectionCriteria"
            },
            {
                "id": "technical",
                "documentType": "technicalSelectionCriteria"
            }
        ],
        "otherRequirements": {
            "reductionCriteria": "Please see Tender documents."
        },
        "submissionTerms": {
            "depositsGuarantees": "NA",
            "languages": [
                "en"
            ]
        },
        "contractTerms": {
            "financialTerms": "Refer to tender documentation.",
            "hasElectronicOrdering": true,
            "electronicInvoicingPolicy": "allowed",
            "hasElectronicPayment": true
        },
        "procurementMethod": "selective",
        "procurementMethodDetails": "Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition",
        "secondStage": {
            "successiveReduction": true
        },
        "tenderPeriod": {
            "endDate": "2023-04-24T12:00:00+01:00"
        },
        "hasRecurrence": true,
        "coveredBy": [
            "GPA"
        ]
    },
    "parties": [
        {
            "id": "GB-FTS-61215",
            "name": "Northern Trains Limited",
            "identifier": {
                "legalName": "Northern Trains Limited"
            },
            "address": {
                "streetAddress": "George Stephenson House, Toft Green",
                "locality": "York",
                "region": "UK",
                "postalCode": "YO1 6JT",
                "countryName": "United Kingdom"
            },
            "contactPoint": {
                "name": "Steve Bolton",
                "email": "steve.bolton@northernrailway.co.uk",
                "url": "https://in-tendhost.co.uk/northernrailway/aspx/Home"
            },
            "roles": [
                "buyer",
                "reviewBody"
            ],
            "details": {
                "url": "http://www.northernrailway.co.uk",
                "buyerProfile": "http://www.northernrailway.co.uk",
                "classifications": [
                    {
                        "scheme": "TED_CE_ACTIVITY",
                        "id": "RAILWAY_SERVICES",
                        "description": "Railway services"
                    }
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "GB-FTS-92346",
            "name": "CreativeRace Ltd",
            "identifier": {
                "legalName": "CreativeRace Ltd",
                "id": "01371077"
            },
            "address": {
                "streetAddress": "No1Leeds, 26 Whitehall",
                "locality": "Leeds",
                "region": "UK",
                "postalCode": "LS12 1BE",
                "countryName": "United Kingdom"
            },
            "roles": [
                "supplier"
            ],
            "details": {
                "scale": "sme"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "GB-FTS-61216",
            "name": "Northern Trains Limited",
            "identifier": {
                "legalName": "Northern Trains Limited"
            },
            "address": {
                "streetAddress": "George Stephenson House",
                "locality": "York",
                "postalCode": "YO1 6JT",
                "countryName": "United Kingdom"
            },
            "roles": [
                "reviewContactPoint"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "buyer": {
        "id": "GB-FTS-61215",
        "name": "Northern Trains Limited"
    },
    "language": "en",
    "awards": [
        {
            "id": "026929-2023-NTL/PT/0053-1",
            "relatedLots": [
                "1"
            ],
            "title": "Digital Marketing - Paid Social",
            "status": "active",
            "suppliers": [
                {
                    "id": "GB-FTS-92346",
                    "name": "CreativeRace Ltd"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "contracts": [
        {
            "id": "026929-2023-NTL/PT/0053-1",
            "awardID": "026929-2023-NTL/PT/0053-1",
            "title": "Digital Marketing - Paid Social",
            "status": "active",
            "dateSigned": "2023-09-04T00:00:00+01:00"
        }
    ]
}