Notice Information
Notice Title
Experiential Services
Notice Description
Northern Trains Limited (Northern) are looking for an agency partner to deliver experiential activations on our behalf. Experiential activations will need to be true to the Northern brand, authentic and relevant to our consumer.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Northern Trains Limited (NTL) conducted this procurement using the negotiated procedure in accordance with regulation 47 of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016. Following the ITN Stage, NTL now enters into one contract with the successful Tenderer for an initial period of two (2) years with extension options for a further period of up to two (2) years that are to be taken in up to one (1) year periods for a maximum potential period of four (4) years.
Renewal: Following the ITN Stage, NTL proposes to enter into one contract with the successful Tenderer for an initial period of two (2) years. There will be an extension option for a further period of two (2) years that can be taken in one (1) year periods (1+1) for a maximum potential period of up to four (4) years.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04c1d7
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046758-2025
- 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
- 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
- £720,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £720,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Aug 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 17 Jan 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 5 Aug 20256 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
- NORTHERN TRAINS LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- holly.peters@northernrailway.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 929708826
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
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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