Contract

Marketing Activities

  • Transport for London

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-015166

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0657fa

Published 19 February 2026, 11:47am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Transport for London

5 Endeavour Square

London

E201JN

Contact

Mark Flegg

Email

markflegg@tfl.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKI41 - Hackney and Newham

Companies House

06745516

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.tfl.gov.uk/info-for/suppliers-and-contractors/

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Marketing Activities

Reference number

TfL 96808

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 79342000 - Marketing services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Provide full creative services, including but not limited to, strategic campaign direction, design, multimedia output, event and experiential, print and installation as required. This will work closely with Places for London

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer: £1 / Highest offer: £833,250 taken into consideration

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKC - North East (England)
  • UKD - North West (England)
  • UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
  • UKF - East Midlands (England)
  • UKG - West Midlands (England)
  • UKH - East of England
  • UKI - London
  • UKJ - South East (England)
  • UKK - South West (England)

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Places for London (Places), needs the support of external creative agencies to assist them with meeting the BU annual turnover figure of £89m, which provides significant income into TfL and is set to grow considerably over the coming years. Whilst the needs of Places are similar to TfL, they differ mainly in the target audience, with their main target audiences being business to business (B2B). This along with a property derived backdrop, the supply bases are of a similar nature but differ slightly.

Places requirements include the manufacturing of large print format campaign artwork, as well as technical aspects including survey sites, create artwork schematics and safely install artwork within both operational and non-operational settings.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Cost criterion - Name: Financial / Weighting: 40

Cost criterion - Name: Techncial / Weighting: 60

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

This is a two year contract with the option to extend plus 1, plus 1


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

Call off from CCS RM6124 DPS - Under PCR2015.

Categories were filtered by selection available on the CCS.

All suppliers were sent an early market engagement to complete and would allow us to register them to SAP Ariba.

An expression of interest, was then sent out to all suppliers a further two times to allow us to register them to SAP Ariba

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

CW86405 - TfL96808

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

16 February 2026

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 2

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Definition Group

London

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKI - London
Companies House

14192023

The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer: £1 / Highest offer: £833,250 taken into consideration


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Transport for London

London

Country

United Kingdom