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Media Buying and Planning

Advertising services
North West (UKD3)
Published value
£6,000,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Transport for Greater Manchester: "Media Buying and Planning". Published status: planning. Published value: £6,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityTransport for Greater ManchesterScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£6,000,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Transport for Greater Manchester
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Published history for Transport for Greater Manchester. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
5.9Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 96 active published awards; 8 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityTransport for Greater Manchester
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published20 Aug 2026, 14:34 BST
Last source update20 Aug 2026, 14:34 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationAdvertising services
Delivery area
North West (UKD3)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06e789
What is being bought
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is seeking to engage with experienced media planning and buying agencies to inform the development of its procurement strategy and service specification. TfGM anticipates requiring a provider capable of delivering integrated media strategy, planning and buying services, with extensive experience of using strategic insight, audience intelligence and data-driven approaches to develop and deliver effective media campaigns. The successful agency would be expected to support a broad range of transport, behavioural change and customer engagement objectives across Greater Manchester. This market engagement notice will enable TfGM to develop our requirements and inform the tender specification. A Request for Information (RFI) questionnaire is available for suppliers to complete via the Pro Contract portal. Information on how to access the Pro Contract portal and this opportunity can be found further down this notice.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    20 Aug 2026, 14:34 BST
  2. Published value updated to £6,000,000
    19 Aug 2026, 12:50 BST
  3. Status changed to planning
    19 Aug 2026, 12:50 BST
  4. Official notice release published
    19 Aug 2026, 12:50 BST
  5. Buyer information updated
    19 Aug 2026, 12:50 BST
  6. Published tender amendment
    Not published
    Incorrect return date noted.
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    20 Aug 2026, 14:34 BST
  2. Procedure published
    20 Aug 2026, 14:34 BST
  3. engagement
    4 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    Suppliers are invited to register their expression of interest via the ProContract procurement portal using the following link: https://procontract.due-north.com/Register Opportunity Reference: DN826482 Upon registration, suppliers are encouraged to complete the Request for Information (RFI) questionnaire. RFI responses are required by Friday 4th September 2026 at 12pm.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Transport for Greater Manchester

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PNJQ-2746-NWYT
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  • Transport for Greater Manchester
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PNJQ-2746-NWYT
    2 Piccadilly Place, Manchester, UKD33, M1 3BG, GB
    procurement@tfgm.com
Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
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No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published