Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Essex County Council
County Hall, Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH
UK
Contact person: Mr Ryan Morley
Telephone: +44 3330134237
E-mail: ryan.morley@essex.gov.uk
NUTS: UKH3
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.essex.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.essex.gov.uk/
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
0757 Bus Shelters and Advertising
Reference number: DN678942
II.1.2) Main CPV code
44000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
Essex County Council are looking to procure a supplier who is able to provide bus stop advertising, including infrastructure across all 12 of it’s districts.
The purpose of this procurement activity is to secure an Essex-wide Bus Shelter contract that provides the maintenance of 1290 shelters in-scope, increasing to 1960 over the lifetime of the contract, also including the build, maintenance and installation of new or replacement shelters and to the selling of advertising space at agreed bus shelter locations. The expected value of the 10-year contract is estimated to be between £10 million and £30 million, with an option to extend by a further 5 years.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Lowest offer:
10 000 000.00
GBP/ Highest offer:
30 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH3
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Under the proposed agreement and the proposed arrangements with the new contractor ECC will be the Lead Party and will procure a ‘concession’ contract with a supplier where ECC will become the owner of all district council owned bus shelters in Essex. The bus shelters currently owned by contractors – mainly those used for advertising - will be removed by the outgoing contractor unless they are transferred to ECC.
ECC will use capital money to buy new bus shelters from the new contractor to replace those removed and, subject to funding being available, in additional locations. The Contractor will sell advertising, where viable, on the shelters and maintain all shelters. In selling advertising, the contractor will comply with our advertising policy and ECC will retain right to direct removal of any advertisement it considers to be unsuitable. ECC will receive a minimum income and there will be a profit-sharing mechanism where ECC and the contractor split income. Any surplus funds will be spent on bus infrastructure. In addition to the Council becoming the owner of all bus shelters currently owned by district councils, it would be agreed that bus shelters in all new locations would similarly be provided via the contract.
This will provide a larger estate to leverage the best commercially-focussed, concession contract from the market. For clarity, Parish and Town Council owned shelters are not included in the scope of the contract. The contract will enable those Councils to purchase shelters through it, via the current and established Local Highways Panel process, enabling an alignment, over time, with the new, consistent bus shelter estate desired. The contract would require the contractor to undertake a pro-active maintenance programme for shelters, to ensure a higher quality standard than is currently consistently achieved across Essex. The implementation of this contract forms part of the Council’s wider approach to increasing sustainable transport use across the County. The increase in bus shelters across the County aides the comfort of bus passengers and increases the likelihood of those services being accessed by new users.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical
/ Weighting: 25
Quality criterion: Social Value
/ Weighting: 5
Cost criterion: Capital Costs
/ Weighting: 32
Cost criterion: Minimum Income Guarantee
/ Weighting: 35
Cost criterion: Bill of Quantities
/ Weighting: 3
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2023/S 000-020026
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 0757 - Bus Shelters and Advertising
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
30/01/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Clear Channel UK Ltd
33 Golden Square
London
W1F 9JT
UK
E-mail: laura.andrews@clearchannel.co.uk
NUTS: UKH3
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
Lowest offer:
10 000 000.00
GBP
/ Highest offer:
30 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court, Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 2079476000
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
21/02/2024