Planning

Smart Street Furniture and Digital Screens

WREXHAM COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL

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Planning

21 Dec 2023 at 14:47

S2W Notice - Website Prior Information Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Wrexham County Borough Council is planning a tender titled "Smart Street Furniture and Digital Screens." The council aims to engage with the market to understand the marketplace for 'SMART' street furniture to inform future procurement decisions. This initiative is part of a project to regenerate Wrexham's High Street, including new paving, lighting, and green infrastructure. The market engagement exercise seeks information on 'SMART' street furniture types, capabilities, lead times, and potential challenges/opportunities. Interested suppliers are encouraged to submit their offerings by email, with discussions scheduled for 12th January 2024.

This tender by Wrexham County Borough Council presents opportunities for suppliers of street furniture, lighting, seating, and digital screens. Businesses providing innovative solutions that match the council's requirements, such as solar-powered benches, public Wi-Fi lighting, and digital screen providers, are well-suited to compete. The council's focus on 'SMART' solutions reflects a commitment to modernizing public spaces and creating vibrant urban environments. Interested suppliers are encouraged to showcase their offerings and engage with the council to potentially secure contracts for this exciting project.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Smart Street Furniture and Digital Screens

Notice Description

Wrexham Country Borough Council (WCBC) is looking to engage with the market to better understand the existing marketplace for 'SMART' street furniture to inform Procurement decisions going forward.The potential purchase of 'SMART' street furniture forms part of a larger piece of work to regenerate Wrexham's High Street to enhance its potential for events, street markets and cafe culture, while complementing the historic listed buildings in the area. In addition to 'SMART' street furniture, the project will consist of new paving, lighting and an improved green infrastructure.The purpose of this market engagement exercise is to gather information on the types of 'SMART' and innovative street furniture available to WCBC, along with their capabilities, lead times and any potential challenges/opportunities that may exist. Currently the Council is looking to purchase products similar to the below:'SMART' Bins:- Circa 240 litre wheeled waste container with the ability to compact at least 60% of depth of inner container to increase capacity- Solar panel - min 5oW- Battery - min 50 AH- Suitable coatings to prevent corrosion and graffiti- Ability to open any bin door by hand or foot when depositing waste- Ability to notify the Council of capacity levels- Any potential ICT or software requirements/implicationsLighting with built in Public Wi-Fi:- LED lanterns to be installed onto existing street light columns, matching existing luminaires.- The lanterns will provide free public Wi-Fi within the area. Ideally this will be run by the supplier for a period of 3 to 5 years- Each broadband luminaire needs to have associated access points mounted on lighting column and powered by POE from the broadband luminaireMinimum requirements:- Wireless backhaul- Fibre point needs to be available to enable ISP connection- High level network design required - 1Gbps connectivity, latency <1ms.- 1 data /fiber POP- Utilise existing Cisco Meraki MR86 Aps & MR78 to enable broadband luminaireSeating / Benches:- A solar Powered bench with the ability to charge multiple mobile phone devices.- Built in light- Potential to integrate CCTV into the Bench.Digital screen:- The purchase of a digital screen ideally 65-75 inch dual sided unit, which is fully water proof and vandal proof casing.- The platform would ideally support Ethernet connection and 4/5G with software that could be integrated with other solutions i.e. APP.If any Supplier is interested and capable of providing 'SMART' street furniture solutions similar to the above, please email an overview of your offering to procurement@wrexham.gov.uk. Please include SMART Street Furniture in the subject heading of your e-mail response along with details of the styles, colours and indicative costs of your offering/products.Suppliers should note that the above is not a definitive list and may change following market engagement, so the Council would welcome any innovative suggestions or 'SMART' offerings a Supplier can provide that falls within the above product categories.Following receipt of Supplier offerings, further discussions may be held via Microsoft Teams on 12th January 2024.Please note that the Council is not expecting a single Supplier to provide all of the items listed and welcomes responses from Suppliers who can provide any or all of the items listed within this notice.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-kuma6s-137554
Publication Source
Sell2Wales
Latest Notice
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=137554
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
S2W Notice - Website Prior Information Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment

34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

CPV Codes

30231300 - Display screens

31527210 - Lanterns

32351200 - Screens

34928000 - Road furniture

34928400 - Urban furniture

34928480 - Waste and rubbish containers and bins

34928500 - Street-lighting equipment

34928530 - Street lamps

39113600 - Benches

39224340 - Bins

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
21 Dec 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Not Specified
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
WREXHAM COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL
Contact Name
Tashi Jackson
Contact Email
Not specified
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
WREXHAM
Postcode
LL11 1AR
Post Town
Llandudno
Country
Wales
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLL Wales
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLL3 North Wales
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLL34 Flintshire and Wrexham
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Wrexham
Electoral Ward
Grosvenor
Westminster Constituency
Wrexham

Further Information

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