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Crawley Borough Council - Bus Shelters and Free Standing Units Concession Contract 2026

CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL

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Award

30 Mar 2026 at 14:16

TenderUpdate

25 Jul 2025 at 10:04

Tender

09 Jul 2025 at 10:37

Summary of the contracting process

Crawley Borough Council has completed the contracting process for the Bus Shelters and Free Standing Units Concession Contract 2026. This procurement, tagged as a concession and valued at £10 million, involves the supply, installation, maintenance, and cleaning of bus shelters and advertising display screens within Crawley, United Kingdom, over a 15-year contract period starting 7th July 2026. The buying authority, Crawley Borough Council, situated at The Create Building, The Boulevard, Crawley, ran this contract under a selective procurement method with a competitive flexible procedure. The key procurement dates include the contract award date of 30th March 2026 and the standstill period ending on 10th April 2026.

This concession contract presents significant growth opportunities for businesses involved in infrastructure maintenance, digital advertising, and urban development. With the rights to advertising display screens and the installation of free-standing digital units included, companies that specialise in outdoor advertising, digital marketing, and urban architectural services are well-suited to pursue similar opportunities in future tenders. Companies such as Bauer Media Outdoor UK Ltd and Trueform Engineering Limited expressed interest and participated in the procurement process, illustrating the potential for large-scale enterprises in the outdoor advertising and engineering sectors to benefit from these contracts.

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Notice Title

Crawley Borough Council - Bus Shelters and Free Standing Units Concession Contract 2026

Notice Description

Crawley Borough Council is seeking a Contractor to provide and maintain high quality, safe and secure bus passenger waiting facilities (bus shelters), that are kept clean and well maintained throughout the Contract term (15 years commencing 7th July 2026), to encourage passenger growth, and helping achieve the aspirations of the National Bus Strategy, West Sussex County Council's Bus Service Improvement Plan, and the Campaign for Better Transport's National Bus Stop Standard. The service element of the contract is specifically for the supply, installation, maintenance and cleaning of Bus Shelters and Advertising Display Screens in Crawley. The Concessionaire shall supply, install, maintain and clean all the New Bus Shelters and New Advertising Display Screens to the standards required of the Council. Included in this contract opportunity are the Free Standing Units in Crawley. In return, the Council is offering the Concessionaire the advertising display rights associated with its borough-wide network of bus shelters. The rights available will allow for the operation of Advertising Display Screens on bus shelters within the administrative boundary of Crawley Borough Council. Planning permission and advertising consent would be needed for any proposed changes to the advertising units, or for additional shelters to be considered for advertising. In addition, the rights available will allow the installation of free-standing double-sided 6-sheet digital units (FSU's) within Crawley borough. The installation of all FSU's will require planning permission and advertising consent. The concession element of the contract shall therefore involve the Concessionaire installing and selling the space upon Advertising Display Screens on Bus Shelters and a concession of Digital 6-sheet free-standing units. Prior to the launch of this procurement exercise, a soft market exercise was conducted (under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 as it was conducted before the Procurement Act 2023 came into effect) as per the following notice: 2024/S 000-038700

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-055bd5
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029199-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services


CPV Codes

44212321 - Bus shelters

50000000 - Repair and maintenance services

79341200 - Advertising management services

90600000 - Cleaning and sanitation services in urban or rural areas, and related services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£10,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£10,000,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
£10,000,000 £10M-£100M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Mar 20263 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
24 Jul 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
29 Mar 20263 weeks ago
Contract Period
6 Jul 2026 - 6 Jul 2041 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Pending
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL
Contact Name
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Email
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality
CRAWLEY
Postcode
RH10 1UZ
Post Town
Redhill
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ28 West Sussex (North East)
Delivery Location
TLJ28 West Sussex (North East)

Local Authority
Crawley
Electoral Ward
Three Bridges
Westminster Constituency
Crawley

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

BAUER MEDIA OUTDOOR

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