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# Media Planning and Buying Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/media-planning-and-buying-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0775c5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Rail Delivery Group: "Media Planning and Buying Services". Published status: active. Published Value: £300,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 16 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: raildeliverygroup.tlb.app.jaggaer.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Rail Delivery Group](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/rail-delivery-group-GB-COH-08176197)
- **Published Value:** £300,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 16 October 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Advertising and marketing services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 6 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/media-planning-and-buying-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0775c5#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0775c5`

## 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/media-planning-and-buying-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0775c5#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [raildeliverygroup.tlb.app.jaggaer.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fraildeliverygroup.tlb.app.jaggaer.com%2Fesop%2Ftlb-host%2Fpublic%2Frail-delivery-group%2Fweb%2Flogin.html%3F_ncp%3D1778233216558.2169246-1)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/media-planning-and-buying-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0775c5#participate

## Description
The Supplier will provide a fully managed, audience-led service covering strategic media planning, media buying and activation, campaign management, optimisation, reporting, insight, measurement and evaluation, together with associated financial and commercial management.
Services will support national, regional and locally targeted campaigns and communications across a broad range of offline and digital media channels. Requirements may include planned campaigns, ongoing activity, reactive and time-critical communications, and larger or strategically significant projects.
The Supplier will be required to develop campaign strategies and detailed Media Plans, manage media bookings and expenditure, provide campaign activation and optimisation, monitor performance, undertake measurement and evaluation, and provide transparent financial management, reconciliation and reporting. Project-specific Scopes of Work may be required for high-value, complex or strategically significant requirements.
The estimated total value of the Contract is £250,000,000 excluding VAT, including all available extension periods. The Contract is expected to have an initial term of two years, with options to extend for up to a further three years in one-year increments (1+1+1).
Services will be delivered primarily for ATOC Limited, with the potential for requirements from participating rail organisations where provided for within the procurement documents and Contract. The Supplier must have the capacity and capability to manage varying levels of media activity and expenditure throughout the Contract Period.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79340000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £300,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2027 to 31/03/2029
- **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%2F088845-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-09-18T17:30:22.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T01:20:13.521Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0775c5