Notice Information
Notice Title
Supply and Maintenance of Bus Shelters with Advertising Opportunities
Notice Description
Reading Borough Council (RBC) is looking to appoint a supplier to supply, install and maintain its estate of bus shelters. This opportunity is being offered on a concession basis whereby the supplier will take on all financial and operational risks associated with the supply, installation and maintenance of the bus shelters. In return, the supplier will have the opportunity to sell advertising space available within the bus shelter structure, including digital displays. The supplier will be expected to pay a Minimum Rent Guarantee (MRG) to the council. The supplier will also have the opportunity for the supply, installation and maintenance of freestanding digital advertising units (FSUs) and potentially other street furniture capable of integrating advertising displays. All advertising will be subject to standard planning conditions, which the supplier will be responsible for obtaining.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: 3 x 1 year extension subject to satisfactory performance
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05d707
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080073-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- 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)
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- CPV Codes
34928440 - Bus-stop posts
44212321 - Bus shelters
79341000 - Advertising services
79341200 - Advertising management services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £2,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Dec 20252 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 19 Dec 20252 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 23 Mar 2026 - 22 Mar 2041 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- READING BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Susan Jones
- Contact Email
- pchub@reading.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- READING
- Postcode
- RG1 2LU
- Post Town
- Reading
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ16 Berkshire West
- Delivery Location
- TLJ11 Berkshire
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- Local Authority
- Reading
- Electoral Ward
- Abbey
- Westminster Constituency
- Reading Central
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080073-2025
5th December 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070876-2025
4th November 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069688-2025
30th October 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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