Published date: 13 November 2023
Last edited date: 1 December 2023
Closed early engagement
Contract summary
Industry
Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation - 34000000
Bus shelters - 44212321
Miscellaneous repair and maintenance services - 50800000
Advertising and marketing services - 79340000
Location of contract
East Midlands
Procurement reference
Bus Shelter Advertising and Maintenance Concession
Published date
13 November 2023
Closing date
29 November 2023
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
West Northamptonshire Council will shortly be seeking tenders for a concession contract for the provision and maintenance of bus shelters throughout West Northamptonshire, including Northampton and Daventry, funded from advertising on shelters.
The Council wants to ensure its proposals are designed to enable prospective operators to maximise the value they can achieve, and thus offer to the Council. Its current thinking is:
• The Operator will use its expertise to provide and maintain shelters.
• The Council will meet the cost of providing new shelters.
• The Operator will advertise on shelters in order to generate income, including to maintain shelters.
• If the Council requires new shelters or changes to shelters it would carry the financial consequences of this.
• The Council would share benefit from the net income.
It is unavoidable that there will need to be some control over the location and nature of advertising, but the Council intends to keep this as simple and clear as possible, and avoid the Council becoming involved in decisions about the merits of different advertisements.
The Council will be presenting its proposals via an online meeting on Friday 1st December at 10.30am - 12noon via Teams
To confirm your attendance at this meeting, please email procurement@westnorthants.gov.uk
If you are unable to attend the meeting, please use the same email address to request a recording.
Comments on the proposals are sought, and should be sent to the same email address.
This soft market testing exercise is not an invitation to tender or request for formal expressions of interest. The Council is issuing this request for information and market research only.
More information
Attachments
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- Draft Specification v0-3.docx
- Technical specifications
- Draft Specification
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- Advertising guidance CF050423 (FINAL).pdf
- Technical specifications
- WNC Advertising Policy
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- Bus Shelter Maintenance and advertising powerpoint v2.pptx
- Technical specifications
- Soft Market Testing Session - slide deck
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- WNC Bus shelter advertising and maintenance soft market test.docx
- Technical specifications
- Transcript of Soft market testing session
About the buyer
Address
The Guildhall,St. Giles Square
NORTHAMPTON
NN11ED
England
Telephone
03001267000
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Closing date: 29 November 2023