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title: "Lead Marketing Communications — Strategic and Creative; Digital Marketing Communications and Direct Customer Experience Marketing"
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# Lead Marketing Communications — Strategic and Creative; Digital Marketing Communications and Direct Customer Experience Marketing

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lead-marketing-communications-strategic-and-creative-digital-marketing-communications-and--ocds-h6vhtk-04037f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** LONDON NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY LIMITED: "Lead Marketing Communications — Strategic and Creative; Digital Marketing Communications and Direct Customer Experience Marketing". Published status: active. Published Value: £6,900,000. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 26 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: supplierlive.proactisp2p.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [LONDON NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-north-eastern-railway-limited-coh-04659712)
- **Published Value:** £6,900,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 26 October 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Direct marketing services, Marketing services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04037f`

## 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/lead-marketing-communications-strategic-and-creative-digital-marketing-communications-and--ocds-h6vhtk-04037f#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [supplierlive.proactisp2p.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupplierlive.proactisp2p.com%2FAccount%2FLogin)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lead-marketing-communications-strategic-and-creative-digital-marketing-communications-and--ocds-h6vhtk-04037f#participate

## Description
LNER — the brand operating long-distance train services from London to Yorkshire, the north-east of England and Scotland — is reviewing its marketing agency setup. In a 3-lot tender covering creative communications across offline, online and Direct Customer Experience & Loyalty Marketing, we are looking to procure a supplier or suppliers who will drive our business into the future, building our brand and delivering powerful, effective and efficient communications across all marketing channels. We have data, insight, technology, budget, drive, creativity, product and expertise on our side. What we need from our partner(s) is truly cross-channel strategic thinking; joined up planning; an efficient and dynamic approach to production and a smart approach to content. We want to be relevant to our consumers’ lives; a part of the conversation; timely in our communications; a progressive brand in our regions and communities.

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Lead Marketing Communications — Strategic, Offline Creative & Content
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79342000, 79342100
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The LNER business has big ambitions to maintain and grow its leading status in the railway industry, with significant investment being made to transform the route for the future. We want to be the most loved, progressive and responsible way to travel...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Digital Marketing Communications – Digital Advertising Strategy And Online creative
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79342000, 79342100
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The LNER business has big ambitions to maintain and grow its leading status in the railway industry, with significant investment being made to transform the route for the future. We want to be the most loved, progressive and responsible way to travel...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: Direct Customer Experience & Loyalty Marketing
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79342000, 79342100
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The LNER business has big ambitions to maintain and grow its leading status in the railway industry, with significant investment being made to transform the route for the future. We want to be the most loved, progressive and responsible way to travel...

- **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%2F028233-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-09-25T15:08:55.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T09:36:40.532Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04037f