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title: "Crawley Borough Council - Bus Shelters and Free Standing Units Concession Contract 2026"
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# Crawley Borough Council - Bus Shelters and Free Standing Units Concession Contract 2026

Buyer: CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-055bd5

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029199-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 30 Mar 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 24 Jul 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 29 Mar 2026 |
| Contract period | 6 Jul 2026 - 6 Jul 2041 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £10,000,000 |
| Lots value | £10,000,000 |
| Awards value | £10,000,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Pending |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | CRAWLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL |
| Locality | CRAWLEY |
| Post town | Redhill |
| Postcode | RH10 1UZ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex |
| ITL 3 | TLJ28 West Sussex (North East) |
| Local authority | Crawley |
| Electoral ward | Three Bridges |
| Westminster constituency | Crawley |
| Delivery location | TLJ28 West Sussex (North East) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | BAUER MEDIA OUTDOOR |

## CPV Codes

### 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

### 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

## Release History

- 30 Mar 2026 at 14:16 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029199-2026
- 25 Jul 2025 at 10:04 - TenderUpdate - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043059-2025
- 9 Jul 2025 at 10:37 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038525-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029199-2026
  30th March 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043059-2025
  25th July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038525-2025
  9th July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.crawley.gov.uk
- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sesharedservices/aspx/Tenders/Current
- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-act-2023-short-guides/suppliers-how-to-register-your-organisation-and-first-administrator-on-find-a-tender-in-three-easy-steps-html
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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