How Sandbox Studios Helped Gleeds Win a £40m Metrolinx Contract
Gleeds bid for a £40m cost assurance role on Metrolinx's £6.4bn mass transit scheme in Ontario, Canada. Sandbox Studios managed, wrote and designed the bid, and Gleeds won.
Sandbox Studios for Gleeds
Gleeds
- Client
- Gleeds
- Agency
- Sandbox Studios
- Type of work
- Bids & tenders
- Sector
- Property & Construction
- Scope
- Bid management, storyboarding, bid writing and editing, critical review, brand concepts and creative themes, artwork and bespoke graphics
Gleeds is a global construction consultancy. Metrolinx, the Ontario public transit agency, tendered for cost assurance consultancy on a £6.4bn mass transit scheme, a new market for Gleeds.
The Challenge
The Metrolinx scheme will run for ten years in the area around Toronto and Hamilton. The work includes new stations and rail lines, electrification of existing lines, and upgrades to existing stations and signalling. The cost assurance contract was worth £40m.
The Approach
Sandbox Studios managed the bid and storyboarded the response, then wrote, edited and critically reviewed it. The team also developed the brand concepts and creative themes, and produced the artwork and bespoke graphics.
Well done to all involved. This is pivotal in moving our Canadian business forward and establishing a large-scale Infrastructure business in North America.
The Outcome
Gleeds won the £40m contract.
One conversation
Fifteen agencies. One call.