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Published 21 Mar 2023, 16:41 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Digital Marketing Services – Paid Social Media Advertising

Official notice

Authority: Northern Trains Ltd (Public body)

ServicesNegotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Published estimate£1,200,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 24 Apr 2023awarded 4 Sept 2023
Awarded to CreativeRace Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Northern Trains Limited (Northern) are looking for an Agency partner to provide Paid Social Media Advertising services to raise awareness of Northern and drive traffic to the Northern website: www.northernrailway.co.uk ↗ and the Northern app.Northern are a rail company who encourage Leisure and Commuter customers to "Go Do Their Thing" across the North of England.In a typical year, Northern operates a mix of brand-led, seasonal, and tactical campaigns, utilising the sophisticated pricing, targeting and customer persona data at its disposal.Northern is the largest rail company in the North of England, carrying 1 million passengers daily to over 540 destinations. With a fleet of new and refurbished trains, a pipeline of innovations across the entire customer journey and recent gains in brand measures, Northern has fertile ground for growth and a compelling story to tell.We strive to be outstanding in everything we do. We want to work with people who are committed to delivering

CPV: Marketing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal
Delivery: UK
Extensions: Refer to tender documentation.Second stage: up to 3 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
Shortlisting
Please see Tender documents.
Successive reduction
Candidates will be reduced successively across stages

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
21 Mar 2023, 16:41 GMT
Last source update
12 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
Authority reference
NTL/PT/0053
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-026929
Classification (CPV)
Marketing services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b4d9 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary

Refer to tender documentation.

Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
24 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Deposits and guarantees
NA
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

24 Apr 2023 → 12 Sept 2023 · 2 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    24 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Notice published
    12 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    12 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Contracts signed 1latest 4 Sept 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
CreativeRace LtdSMEDigital Marketing - Paid Social——Awarded

Contracts

  • Digital Marketing - Paid Social · CreativeRace LtdSME

    Signed
    4 Sept 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Northern Trains Limited

Contracting authorityPublic bodyRailway services George Stephenson House, Toft Green, York, UK, YO1 6JTContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • CreativeRace LtdAwarded supplier01371077 No1Leeds, 26 Whitehall, Leeds, UK, LS12 1BE

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria