II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
72222000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
2.7 We’re looking to appoint a partner to help us build our SEO strategy and deliver the requirements of this contract with the following key areas of focus:
1. Strategic SEO direction and specialist expertise
2. Technical SEO activities
3. Onsite SEO activities
4. Offsite SEO activities
5. General activities
1. Strategic SEO direction and specialist expertise
Collaborating with us to define the long-term vision of TfW’s online SEO presence.
Collaborating with us to develop the long-term direction of our SEO strategy to help us achieve that vision.
Develop a robust set of Key Performance Indicators for SEO performance and report on this performance regularly.
Developing impactful SEO activity that helps to achieve our 3 key objectives outlined above and build our distinctive brand to help us own our digital space.
Define our current keyword position and future positioning for different topics that we wish to be an authority on. Including but not limited to rail, bus, walking/wheeling and cycling in Wales.
Providing expert advice and guidance on strategic SEO development. Including industry developments i.e. algorithm changes and how we should adapt our strategy/tactics.
Collaborating with stakeholders and our network of experts / specialists across other brand and marketing activities to ensure campaign work is maximized for SEO impact. For example collaborating with our campaigns agency Golley Slater to ensure marketing campaigns are optimized for SEO.
Drawing on best-in-class knowledge and expertise by working with specialist advisers, agencies, consultants, and suppliers when needed. For example coordinating with third party UI/UX experts to help us undertake audits of areas on our website.
2. Technical SEO activities | Including but limited to
Audit and technical assessment of our websites and provide steps to improve performance. For example, image resizing. Providing a list of images on the website that would benefit from being optimized and providing instructions for a developer or content publisher to achieve this.
Collaborate with our development teams, both in house and third party, to fix technical SEO issues.
Manage search consoles, submitting optimised site maps and other associated activities.
3. Onsite SEO activities | Including but limited to
Audit on-site content from an SEO point of view and make recommendations to improve performance and measure impact.
Make User Experience (UX) / User Interface (UI) recommendations that will improve performance and measuring impact.
Assessing a user journey or webpage for Conversion Rate Optimisation (CRO) making recommendations for improving performance and measuring the impact.
Making recommendations/implementing internal linking that increases performance and measuring the impact.
Making recommendations/implementing changes to metadata that increases performance and measuring the impact.
Making recommendations/implementing on-brand tone of voice changes to written content to increase performance and measure the impact.
4. Offsite SEO | Including but limited to
Ability to effectively audit our offsite SEO performance and make recommendations to improve.
Demonstrable experience of building backlinks with relevant and high-ranking domains.
Demonstrable experience of digital PR with relevant and high-ranking domains increasing an aspect of authority for a given subject.
5. General activity | Included but limited to
- Agreement of a preferred way of working. We often work in agile sprints for website releases.
- Agreement to a standard set of Management Information and reporting. We have Google Analytics 4 and a comprehensive dashboard set up that can provide information on the relevant KPI’s. We would ask that any supplier also uses this source of information.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Option to extend for up to two periods of 12 months each.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
Procurement documentation available via the eTender Wales platform with project code project_55250
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) Services and ITT reference itt_107880