Published date: 22 April 2022

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 13 May 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Advertising services - 79341000

  • Advertising management services - 79341200

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£2,000 to £50,000

Procurement reference

MT226072

Published date

22 April 2022

Closing date

13 May 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 June 2022

Contract end date

31 May 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Harlow Council is inviting expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced organisations able to act as an agent to manage commercial advertisements on roundabouts on the highway in Harlow (This is not an invitation to tender).
There are some 36 roundabouts in Harlow, at least 29 of which the Council believes would be suitable for the display of advertisements.
The Council would expect the agent to manage all aspects of the project, including attracting business, obtain planning permission, arranging for advertisements to be made and erected, ensuring that they remain suitably clean and in good repair, collecting income from advertisers, and removing advertisements at the expiry of rental period.
Advertisements would carry an element of Council corporate identity; their size and style would be agreed by the Council in advance; and Council stipulations as to the nature of businesses to be advertised and the permitted content of any advertisement would be observed. However, the Council stipulations would be made to maintain consistency and identity and to protect the Council and community from reputational damage and the Council would not expect to depart significantly from industry practice in this regard.
The Council would expect to receive a regular income in return for this opportunity. Alternatively, the Council would consider other innovative arrangements such as income from advertising being retained by the agent, in return for managing the vegetation on roundabouts to a standard calculated to attract advertisers, at no cost to the Council.
If this opportunity is of interest to you, please submit details of your track record and brief overview of your organisation (using the Post Box facility) by no later than noon on 13 May 2022. Questions must be submitted via the MyTenders Portal.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Michael Pitt

Address

Civic Centre
Water Gardens
Harlow Essex
CM20 1WG
England

Telephone

+44 1279446655

Email

michael.pitt@harlow.gov.uk

Website

http://www.harlow.gov.uk/