Published date: 11 July 2025
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Bus shelters - 44212321
Location of contract
East Midlands
Value of contract
£3,000,000
Procurement reference
NOTTSCC001-DN774343-73379075
Published date
11 July 2025
Closing date
1 July 2000
Closing time
11:59pm
Contract start date
6 May 2025
Contract end date
30 April 2028
Contract type
Not specified
Procedure type
Other
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
No
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
Nottinghamshire County Council has extended its existing concession agreement for bus shelter advertising by three years to support the transition of transport functions to EMCCA is completed.
Nottinghamshire County Council (the Council) maintains in excess of 4,500 bus stops with 1,483 bus shelters and almost 1,200 real time displays. Since 2000, the Incumbent Provider has supplied and maintained 470 of the 1,483 bus shelters in Nottinghamshire at no cost to the Council in exchange for selling advertising space on approximately 45% of their shelters and retaining ownership of each bus shelter it supplies under the contract. This represents excellent value to the Council as it would cost over £6.5 million to install like for like shelters and £50k per annum to clean and maintain them.
Since 2019, the Incumbent Provider started replacing its paper advertising with digital advertising and the Council negotiated a contract variation to receive an income for every digital panel added to the Incumbent Provider's estate. The Incumbent Provider currently have 30 such panels, with the income used to offset the Council's bus stop infrastructure maintenance costs. The Incumbent Provider supplies and has maintained its shelter estate to a high standard, and it remains in good condition.
The current contract for delivery of the bus shelter advertising will expire on 1 May 2025, and it has been in place for 25 years.
The Council's Local Transport Authority functions will transfer to the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) on or before 31st March 2026. At present it is unclear whether bus shelters owned by the Council will transfer or contracts such as that held between the Council and the Incumbent Provider will be novated by this date or at all. There is also expected to be a considerable period of adjustment within EMCCA as the Transport team beds in and the functions to support delivery mature.
Award information
Awarded date
1 April 2025
Contract start date
1 May 2025
Contract end date
30 April 2028
Total value of contract
£3,000,000
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
Bauer Media Outdoor UK Limited
Address
33 Golden Square, London, W1F 9JT
Reference
None
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
Holly Fisher
Address
County Hall
Loughborough Road Westbridgford
Nottinghamshire
NG2 7QP
United Kingdom
Telephone
+44 1158788113
Website
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