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# Digital Marketing Services – Paid Social Media Advertising

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/digital-marketing-services-paid-social-media-advertising-ocds-h6vhtk-03b4d9). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Northern Trains Ltd: "Digital Marketing Services – Paid Social Media Advertising". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,200,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 24 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Northern Trains Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northern-trains-ltd-coh-03076444)
- **Published Value:** £1,200,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 24 April 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Marketing services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/digital-marketing-services-paid-social-media-advertising-ocds-h6vhtk-03b4d9#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03b4d9`

## 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/digital-marketing-services-paid-social-media-advertising-ocds-h6vhtk-03b4d9#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fnorthernrailway%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/digital-marketing-services-paid-social-media-advertising-ocds-h6vhtk-03b4d9#participate

## 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: https://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

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79342000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Digital Marketing - Paid Social (active)
  - Award id: `026929-2023-NTL/PT/0053-1`
  - Supplier(s): **CreativeRace Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-92346`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Digital Marketing - Paid Social (active)

  - Signed Date: 03/09/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F026929-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-09-12T11:00:15.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T22:29:25.686Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03b4d9