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Out of Home Advertising for Glasgow Subway

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport

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23 Oct 2026 at 01:00

OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport is seeking an advertising agency to market advertising opportunities across Glasgow Subway’s existing and future estate. The scope covers all Subway stations and car parks, with potential advertising sites across the wider estate as it is developed. The work is delivered across the Glasgow Subway estate in Glasgow. This is an out-of-home advertising and estate-marketing service, suited to agencies able to develop and manage advertising inventory for a public transport network. The successful provider may also be offered the chance to develop other sites outside the stated scope, if it wishes to take them on.

The buyer invited offers through an open tender, with electronic submission. Bids were due by 25 November 2026 at 12:00. The intended contract period is seven years. The estimated contract value is £10 million. This is a single-lot procurement. Evaluation gives 70% weight to price and 30% to technical quality; variants are not permitted. Bidders must provide two examples, preferably in the public sector, of managing an advertising estate and increasing revenue, from projects delivered within the previous three years. They must also meet the financial standing test: either provide a Dun & Bradstreet failure score of at least 51, or submit evidence against the specified profitability, gearing and liquidity ratios, with mitigating factors available for consideration where two ratios are not met.

This opportunity is best suited to advertising agencies with experience managing an advertising estate and growing its revenue, particularly through public-sector projects. Bidders need to demonstrate that capability with two recent project examples, so suppliers with evidence of measurable revenue improvement in comparable settings are well placed. The financial screening also favours businesses able to show an adequate D&B failure score or meet the stated profitability, gearing and liquidity tests; bidders relying on the ratio route should be prepared to provide financial information and explain any shortfalls. The successful supplier will manage opportunities across a transport estate spanning stations and car parks, and may be invited to develop additional sites beyond the initial scope. The awarded provider must also deliver 100 community-benefit points through the Glasgow Community Benefits Hub.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Out of Home Advertising for Glasgow Subway

Notice Description

Provision of advertising agency services to market the current and future developed estate within the Glasgow Subway estate, including all Stations and Car Parks.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Provision of advertising agency services to market the current and future developed estate within the Glasgow Subway estate including all stations and car parks.

Options: The successful provider may be offered the opportunity to develop other sites not included in the Scope, should they wish to do so.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000846458
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT567281
Current Stage
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All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

22 - Printed matter and related products

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

CPV Codes

22460000 - Trade-advertising material, commercial catalogues and manuals

79340000 - Advertising and marketing services

79341000 - Advertising services

79341100 - Advertising consultancy services

79341200 - Advertising management services

79341400 - Advertising campaign services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£10,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
23 Oct 20264 days ago
Submission Deadline
25 Nov 20264 weeks to go
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
GLASGOW
Postcode
G2 5JF
Postcode Area
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
TLM8 West Central Scotland
Local Authority
Glasgow City
Electoral Ward
Anderston/City/Yorkhill
Westminster Constituency
Glasgow North

Further Information

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