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# Appointment of Strategic Creative Agency - HS2 Engineering Communication

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/appointment-of-strategic-creative-agency-hs2-engineering-communication-ocds-h6vhtk-032687). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** FIRST TRENITALIA WEST COAST RAIL LIMITED: "Appointment of Strategic Creative Agency - HS2 Engineering Communication". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 24 Apr 2022, 16:00 BST. Published submission portal: redirect.transaxions.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [FIRST TRENITALIA WEST COAST RAIL LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/first-trenitalia-west-coast-rail-limited-coh-10349442)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 24 April 2022 at 16:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **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-032687`

## 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/appointment-of-strategic-creative-agency-hs2-engineering-communication-ocds-h6vhtk-032687#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [redirect.transaxions.com](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fredirect.transaxions.com%2Fevents%2F9e3I3)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/appointment-of-strategic-creative-agency-hs2-engineering-communication-ocds-h6vhtk-032687#participate

## Description
Hi-level Scope of tender 
1.	The project will cover the development (on-going), production and delivery of the West Coast Upgrades communications strategy.
2.	This should also include account and project management, strategic development, creative development, social media management and bespoke website development and maintenance.
3.	Campaigns will require a flexible approach to engineering comms projects, defining comms categories and identifying channels for maximum impact (that will optimise impact of the existing West Coast Upgrades brand style).
4.	Ongoing creative work to support the wider media plan (delivered through our media agency).
5.	Ongoing maintenance and support, including user stats, for the bespoke website and app and its new end to end journey planner functionality. The website is: westcoastupgrades.co.uk
6.	Measurement - working with our internal Insight team and external stakeholders, such as Transport Focus etc., to review and improve communications, based on research, throughout the contract period.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **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%2F024161-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-08-30T12:44:14.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T17:54:20.860Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-032687