Notice Information
Notice Title
Strategic Brand Guardianship
Notice Description
Transport for Wales (TfW) has appointed a strategic Brand Guardianship agency to support the continued development, evolution, activation and governance of its multimodal, bilingual and distinctive brand. The successful supplier will provide expert insight and strategic leadership to help TfW strengthen and elevate its brand at a pivotal stage in its development, ensuring consistency, creativity and measurable impact across all physical and digital touchpoints. Services will support the delivery of TfW's long-term brand strategy and contribute to the organisation's vision of becoming Wales' favourite way to travel. Core services include (but not limited to): - Strategic brand direction, evolution and innovation - Branded customer experience development - Brand guardianship, governance and standards - Creative development and brand activation - Strategic expertise, insight and cross-agency collaboration
Planning Information
Transport for Wales are using this Preliminary Market Engagement Notice to identify supplier interest in the upcoming requirement for the Strategic Brand Guardianship. TfW may in future decide to hold an online market engagement session via Microsoft Teams. If this is the case, then suppliers that complete the feedback questionnaire attached, will be contacted and invited. Please complete this Microsoft Form Feedback Questionnaire by 5pm, Monday 12th January 2026. https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=JNDchxkwJkiZVrp2sqBP9GQHxZZpmRBEpZb6y9KNSQVUMDZDODNEWDBERDJHV0w4U1A0UUFLS0NZSi4u (if the link doesn't allow you to click it, please copy and paste it into your internet browser).
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05efd6
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066031-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- CPV Codes
79340000 - Advertising and marketing services
79342000 - Marketing services
79413000 - Marketing management consultancy services
79415200 - Design consultancy services
79822500 - Graphic design services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £6,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £6,000,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 14 Jul 20263 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Jan 2026Expired
- Award Date
- 20 May 20262 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 May 2026 - 31 May 2030 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- TRANSPORT FOR WALES
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- PONTYPRIDD
- Postcode
- CF37 4TH
- Post Town
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL51 Central Valleys and Bridgend
- Delivery Location
- TLL Wales
-
- Local Authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Electoral Ward
- Pontypridd Town
- Westminster Constituency
- Pontypridd
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066031-2026
14th July 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001625-2026
8th January 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000231-2026
5th January 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080210-2025
5th December 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Notice URLs
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