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# Media Strategy, Planning and Buying Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/media-strategy-planning-and-buying-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0424fc). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** FIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED: "Media Strategy, Planning and Buying Services". Published status: active. Published Value: £53,700,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 12 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: redirect.transaxions.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [FIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/first-rail-holdings-limited-coh-05154485)
- **Published Value:** £53,700,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 12 January 2024 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Advertising and marketing services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0424fc`

## 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-strategy-planning-and-buying-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0424fc#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [redirect.transaxions.com](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fredirect.transaxions.com%2Fevents%2F5ISnb)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/media-strategy-planning-and-buying-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0424fc#participate

## Description
First Rail Holding (FRH) is tendering for a supplier to supply Media Strategy, Planning and Buying services to the following train operating companies and open access operators.
* First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Limited - Avanti West Coast (AWC)
* First Greater Western Limited (GWR)
* First MTR South Western Trains Limited (SWR)
* Hull Trains Company Limited
* East Coast Trains Limited
We require an agency that can provide the following Media Strategy, Planning and Buying Services.
* Delivery of value for money, as well as providing excellent customer service including strategic implementational buying advice;
* Capability of working in partnership with other agencies and specialists to deliver the media buying aspect of fully integrated campaigns for the Client to ensure the process from strategy to implementation is successful;   
* Implementation of media buying plans and deliver innovative/best media buying and advice that is fully integrated across all channels and best practice communications to achieve the Client's objectives and must comply with the Advertising Standards;
* Act in an open and transparent manner with the Client in delivering the Services being open and transparent in relation to the Charges, the placement of media and the access to and provision of data in relation to the Services.
* Provision of end-to-end media strategy, planning and buying services.  
The Agency shall provide a proactive approach to each media buying brief, ensuring innovation and best in class media buying solutions (in terms of quality, value, and safety) and reconciliation provisions are provided to the Client.
The agency shall manage and deliver fully integrated campaigns, either by delivering services in-house or if agreed in advance between the parties via sub-contracting.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** First Rail Holding (FRH) is tendering for a supplier to supply Media Strategy, Planning and Buying services to the following train operating companies.
We require an agency that can provide the following Media Strategy, Planning and Buying Services.
...

- **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%2F037133-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-12-18T14:30:55.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T13:21:37.661Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0424fc