Official UK procurement notice
Strategic Communications Activities · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Transport for London (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPlaces for London are seeking a strategic communications partner to help increase their impact, by developing a comprehensive communications strategy, supported by a range of activity that tells a compelling story about Places. Places already work with a range of agencies on a project-by-project basis, but they believe a strategic communications partner with an overview of the entire business will be able to spot gaps and opportunities, and help provide the 'glue' between individual activities to help their stakeholders understand the breadth of what they do.
This is being procured via the CCS RM6124 - Communications Marketplace
CPV: Marketing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Aug 2025, 10:33 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Sept 2025, 13:30 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-055014- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059015Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
29 Aug 2025 → 2 Feb 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published29 Aug 2025, 10:33 BST
- Latest notice published9 Sept 2025, 13:30 BST
- Market engagement12 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
The appointed supplier should be able to deliver a wide range of services, or have the ability to bring in expertise, across a range of domains including strategy and planning, political engagement, community engagement, PR and events capability, social media expertise, internal communications and crisis communications. From high level advice and analysis, to supporting engagement on their core objectives, to supporting their day-to-day monitoring and engagement, they need an agile, full-service supplier able to provide consistently good service in a sometimes fast-moving environment.
If interested please submit your expression of interest to markflegg@tfl.gov.uk and ensure you have signed up to the CCS RM6124 before 26/09/2025.
- Contract starts268 days ago2 Feb 2026
Notice history
5 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Aug 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published29 Aug 2025, 10:33 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published29 Aug 2025, 10:38 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published29 Aug 2025, 10:41 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published2 Sept 2025, 12:00 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published9 Sept 2025, 13:30 BSTUK2
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-08: 2 releases · 29 Aug 2025, 29 Aug 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender