Notice Information
Notice Title
Rail Advertising Services
Notice Description
ScotRail Trains Limited (ScotRail) are engaging the market for a prospective third party to provide Rail Advertising services: including roadside, in-station, on-train and ticket gates).
Lot Information
Lot 1
ScotRail are seeking to contract with a single supplier to provide advertising services across the entire ScotRail estate: roadside, on-train, in-station, ticket gates and experiential. The current advertising portfolio has a mixture of classic paper panels and modern digital units and we are tendering for a supplier to manage and invest into our current estate. Additional information: Unrestricted access to the Procurement Documents is available via the ScotRail Wax Portal: Wax Portal: https://scotrail.wax-live.com/
Renewal: 5 years with the option to extend for up to an additional 2 years.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03fb94
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053245-2025
- 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
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79341000 - Advertising services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 11 Oct 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 30 Apr 20259 months 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
- SCOTRAIL TRAINS LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- fergus.martin@scotrail.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- GLASGOW
- Postcode
- G2 6HQ
- Post Town
- Glasgow
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM3 West Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM32 Glasgow City
- Delivery Location
- TLM Scotland
-
- Local Authority
- Glasgow City
- Electoral Ward
- Anderston/City/Yorkhill
- Westminster Constituency
- Glasgow North
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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