Official UK procurement notice
Traffic Regulation Orders · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Transport for London (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTfL is responsible to the Mayor and the Greater London Assembly for the delivery of transport services in London. This includes the maintenance and operation of 580km of main roads, operating bus and other transport services and congestion charging in the Central London Area. Part of this responsibility is to give public notices of our intentions to execute either temporary or permanent restrictions/changes to road usage. It is a legal requirement that TfL undertakes consultation of restriction/changes to allow representation to be made by advertising our proposed temporary and permanent changes to our roads. Failure to comply with such a requirement could expose TfL to adverse publicity and/or additional costs. The purpose of this framework is for Media Publication Groups to provide services by arranging permanent and temporary Public Notices to be included in various newspapers publications within Greater London on behalf of TfL Traffic Order team. This allows TfL to adhere to Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996 that requires all traffic authorities to publish notice of the details of proposed changes to the restrictions on roads in a newspapers circulating in the area to which the order relates.
- No preliminary market engagement: A prior information notice was published before the implementation of the Procurement Act 2023 which received good responses from potential suppliers giving us an idea of how many potential suppliers may respond to our tender.
CPV: Advertising services · Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Places
- up to 10 suppliers · 7 bids received (0.7 per place) · 7 appointed
- Framework period
- 3 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 29 Sept 2025
- Electronic auction
- yes
Published description of the framework
Suppliers are ranked based off of a combination of their commercial, technical and social value scores per borough. The first ranked supplier will have first refusal upon any requests. There is also a mechanism which allows TfL to use any supplier in a borough if a customer specifically requests them.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,500,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: 60%
- Price: 30%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical
- Price
- Social Value
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Traffic Regulation Orders” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 10 suppliers, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use the vehicle
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 May 2025, 13:09 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Nov 2025, 10:44 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 29 Aug 2025
- Authority reference
tfl_scp_002530- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-020058- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050fb2Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 23 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 6 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
You must upload your tender to the online e-Tendering portal at: service.ariba.com/Supplier.aw ↗
For help uploading your tender, please refer to support.ariba.com/SBN_Supplier_Learnin… ↗ . If you encounter any problems please refer to the above referenced training website. If the problem persists please contact [email protected] in good time and inform the relevant tender co-ordinator of the issue. You are strongly recommended not to leave uploading of all data to the last day. Neither TfL nor its e-procurement system provider will be responsible for any failure to upload data due to insufficient time being allowed by Bidders. If you encounter a problem with using the e-procurement system website that will prevent you from completing the ITT before the closing date and time you must:
Contact the point of contact for this procurement process who is: Tyreke Brooks - Assistant Procurement Manager - Transport for London - [email protected]
Timeline
9 May 2025 → 5 Nov 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published9 May 2025, 13:09 BST
- Clarification questions by6 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown23 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by29 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts383 days ago29 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent372 days ago10 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends360 days ago21 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published345 days ago5 Nov 2025, 10:44 GMT
Notice history
7 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 May 2025- Tender notice published9 May 2025, 13:09 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published16 May 2025, 11:21 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published23 May 2025, 16:44 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published10 Oct 2025, 15:32 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete10 Oct 2025, 15:32 BST
- Contract signature expected22 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published5 Nov 2025, 10:44 GMTUK7
Published amendments (2)
Updated the contact email under the contracting authority section to [email protected].
Extended the clarifications deadline
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-05: 2 releases · 9 May 2025, 16 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMMUNITY MATTERS MEDIA LIMITEDSME, City AM, FIRSTPROS LIMITEDSME, MASSEY MADDISON LIMITEDSME, New Journal Enterprises LIMITEDSME, Newsquest Media Group Ltd +1 more22 Oct 2025 – 22 Oct 2028 · up to 22 Oct 2029Extensions: Extension is at the discretion of Transport for London. This is a one year extension for the framework. | £1,200,000 | 10 Oct 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · COMMUNITY MATTERS MEDIA LIMITEDSME, City AM, FIRSTPROS LIMITEDSME, MASSEY MADDISON LIMITEDSME, New Journal Enterprises LIMITEDSME, Newsquest Media Group Ltd +1 more
- Signed
- 30 Oct 2025
- Value
- £1,200,000
- Period
- 30 Oct 2025 – 30 Oct 2028 · up to 30 Oct 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- An optional year extension
3 agreed KPIs: idding for Mini-Competitions under the Framework Agreement · Delivery in accordance with the Call-Off Contract · Completion of the Media Group Feedback form
- idding for Mini-Competitions under the Framework Agreement
- Delivery in accordance with the Call-Off Contract
- Completion of the Media Group Feedback form
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7final-stage tenders | 6 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
7 commercial parties on the notice- CITY A.M. LIMITEDFramework contractor
- COMMUNITY MATTERS MEDIA LIMITEDFramework contractor
- FIRSTPROS LIMITEDFramework contractor
- MASSEY MADDISON LIMITEDFramework contractor
- NEW JOURNAL ENTERPRISES LIMITEDFramework contractor
- NEWSQUEST MEDIA GROUP LIMITEDFramework contractor
- VENCOR MEDIA LTDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (7)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender