Notice Information
Notice Title
Soft Market Engagement - Bus Shelter Advertising and Maintenance Concession Contract
Notice 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.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-746d0a39-1a2b-43da-b459-bb4fcd75de60
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0982467f-be9e-4fcd-bc4a-8495c33f35f6
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Not specified
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)
50 - Repair and maintenance services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- CPV Codes
34000000 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
44212321 - Bus shelters
50800000 - Miscellaneous repair and maintenance services
79340000 - Advertising and marketing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 1 Dec 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 29 Nov 2023Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@westnorthants.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- 03001267000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NORTHAMPTON
- Postcode
- NN1 1ED
- Post Town
- Northampton
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLF East Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLF24 West Northamptonshire
- Delivery Location
- TLF East Midlands (England)
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- Local Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Electoral Ward
- Castle
- Westminster Constituency
- Northampton North
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0982467f-be9e-4fcd-bc4a-8495c33f35f6
1st December 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/244fc878-f934-48c9-a5f4-4f624a5d6c1f
Soft Market Testing Session - slide deck -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/7f5db3c6-e152-45c0-8461-520c5374da23
Transcript of Soft market testing session
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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