RFP QuestBeta
OpenStage · planning

Transport for Greater Manchester

Media Buying and Planning

Business ServicesCPV 79341000
Value£6.0m
Deadline
Published20 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
procurement@tfgm.com

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£6.0mtotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£6.5m

This is a large award for Business Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

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.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

TfGM anticipates requiring a provider capable

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.

02

The successful agency would be expected

The successful agency would be expected to support a broad range of transport, behavioural change and customer engagement objectives across Greater Manchester.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e789
Stage
planning · planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
079503-2026
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