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MCard Integrated Campaign 2025
Authority: West Yorkshire Combined Authority
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe West Yorkshire Ticketing Company Ltd. (MCard), in collaboration with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority has appointed The Ark Marketing & Media Ltd to develop and deliver a marketing and communications strategy. The strategy, running initially from 22nd July 2025 to 31 March 2026 with a possible extension to 31 March 2027, should build on current initiatives and focus on three workstreams: MCard USPs - Brand/App awareness of multi-operator/modal tickets, Transitioning young people through each ticket range - Under 19s to 19-25s and 19-25s to adults and engaging key stakeholders to amplify our message and Growing the commuter market once a review of the existing ticket range has taken place. These campaign workstreams will serve as the foundation for marketing activities over the forthcoming year.
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure
- Buyer reference
- 20250728120022-103257
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- No
- Tender deadline
- Procurement method
- Selective
- Additional classifications 1: Reference
- 79342000
- Additional classifications 1: Scheme
- CPV
- Additional classifications 1: Description
- Marketing services
- Additional classifications 2: Reference
- 79413000
- Additional classifications 2: Scheme
- CPV
- Additional classifications 2: Description
- Marketing management consultancy services
- Additional classifications 3: Reference
- 79341000
- Additional classifications 3: Scheme
- CPV
- Additional classifications 3: Description
- Advertising services
- Additional classifications 4: Reference
- 79341100
- Additional classifications 4: Scheme
- CPV
- Additional classifications 4: Description
- Advertising consultancy services
- Additional classifications 5: Reference
- 79341200
- Additional classifications 5: Scheme
- CPV
- Additional classifications 5: Description
- Advertising management services
- Additional classifications 6: Reference
- 79341400
- Additional classifications 6: Scheme
- CPV
- Additional classifications 6: Description
- Advertising campaign services
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- LS1 2DE; British Oversea Territories; Channel Islands; Europe; Isle of Man; Rest of the World; United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Award decision22 Jul 2025
- Contract starts22 Jul 2025
- Notice published28 Jul 2025
- Contract ends31 Mar 2027
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- West Yorkshire Combined AuthorityContracting authority
Suppliers named on the notice
- The Ark Marketing & Media LtdSupplier
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- Large
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-6ba0b311-174c-402e-b89d-6f8c182169ac-2025-07-28T12:00:29+01:00
- Published
- 28 Jul 2025
- Latest update
- 28 Jul 2025
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-6ba0b311-174c-402e-b89d-6f8c182169ac
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-6ba0b311-174c-402e-b89d-6f8c182169ac-1