0757 Bus Shelters and Advertising

Concepts

• chelmsford
• business services
• essex county council
• essex-wide bus shelter contract
• shelters in-scope
• bus shelters
• bus stop advertising
• replacement shelters
• selling of advertising space
• advertising

Location

Essex:

Description

Essex County Council are looking to procure a supplier who is able to provide bus stop advertising, including infrastructure across all 12 of it’s districts. The purpose of this procurement activity is to secure an Essex-wide Bus Shelter contract that provides the maintenance of 1290 shelters in-scope, increasing to 1960 over the lifetime of the contract, also including the build, maintenance and installation of new or replacement shelters and to the selling of advertising space at agreed bus shelter locations. The expected value of the 10-year contract is estimated to be between £10 million and £30 million, with an option to extend by a further 5 years.

Total Quantity or Scope

The Authority may choose during the Term of this Agreement to add services that are similar and/or complementary services to the Services, including but not limited to the provision of flags, poles and timetable frame services. A market engagement day was held in 2019 for the project, where we were able to gain insight from suppliers in the market which has helped us to create the scope for this Procurement. A supplier information day was also held in January 2023, which gave us an opportunity to present this opportunity to potential suppliers and for them to ask us questions, any questions will be shared and made available to all bidders as part of the clarification process. The recording can be found here https://youtu.be/wPyiDGXTR9g To register as a supplier on ProContract, please use the following link https://procontract.due-north.com/Register Invitation to Tender (ITT) Issued 12/07/2023 ITT Clarification Deadline 09/08/2023 ITT Submission Deadline 08/09/2023 Preferred bidder shortlisted 28/09/2023 Contract Preparation 29/09/2023-23/10/2023 Contract Signature 01/11/2023

Renewal Options

10 year contract with 5 extension periods of 12 months available

CPV Codes

• 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
• 44000000 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are available.

Other Information

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