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title: "AEA230108 Marketing: media, digital, and airport; planning and buying"
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# AEA230108 Marketing: media, digital, and airport; planning and buying

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/aea230108-marketing-media-digital-and-airport-planning-and-buying-ocds-h6vhtk-04168e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** ABELLIO EAST ANGLIA LIMITED: "AEA230108 Marketing: media, digital, and airport; planning and buying". Published status: active. Published Value: £5,000,000. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 7 Dec 2023, 23:00 GMT. Published submission portal: redirect.transaxions.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [ABELLIO EAST ANGLIA LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/abellio-east-anglia-limited-coh-07861414)
- **Published Value:** £5,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 7 December 2023 at 23:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Advertising and marketing services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04168e`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/aea230108-marketing-media-digital-and-airport-planning-and-buying-ocds-h6vhtk-04168e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [redirect.transaxions.com](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fredirect.transaxions.com%2Fevents%2FNS6q1)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/aea230108-marketing-media-digital-and-airport-planning-and-buying-ocds-h6vhtk-04168e#participate

## Description
Abellio East Anglia (GA) intends to commence a procurement process for the provision of media planning and buying services across three differing media lots for its Greater Anglia and Stansted Express brands. This notice intends to alert the market of the upcoming opportunity only. 
The successful media agency for the brand planning and media buying lot (1) will plan media strategies and buy media inventory and/or advertising space across the following (but not limited to), media channels. 
TV advertising 
TV sponsorship  
Video on demand advertising  
Broadcast video on demand advertising  
Radio advertising and sponsorship 
Print advertising 
Out of home advertising 
Digital display advertising 
 Other non-broadcast sponsorships 
Paid social 
GA's anticipated annual budget for media spend across both Greater Anglia and Stansted Express is £2.6m per annum

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Brand media planning and buying
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79340000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £2,800,000
- **Description:** This lot will be for the procurement of Brand Media Planning and Brand Media Buying.
GA is looking for a media agency that can successfully deliver above-the-line (ATL) media, and digital brand awareness channels. GA is looking for an agency of drive...
- **Contract Period:**  to 20/09/2026
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Digital performance media services
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79340000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £1,300,000
- **Description:** Greater Anglia's main focuses are on;
1.	Stimulating leisure travel, 
2.	Growing the commuter, and business markets,
3.	Promoting the Greater Anglia app and website as the best way to buy tickets. 
There will be a concerted focus on moving customers ...
- **Contract Period:**  to 20/09/2026
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: Airport media planning and buying
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79340000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £800,000
- **Description:** GA is looking for a media planning and buying agency that has the expertise and experience to buy and manage airport media, ensuring a well targeted and strong brand presence in key locations within Stansted Airport. The appointed agency will be requ...
- **Contract Period:**  to 20/09/2026
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F032970-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-11-07T16:47:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T12:33:48.331Z
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