Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Govia Thameslink Railway Limited · Train Operating Company
- Supplier
- JCDecaux UK Ltd SME
- Value
- £17,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Advertising management services (CPV 79341200)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 005466-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Nov 2023
- Published20 Feb 2024Published 96 days after the contract date
Description
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is publishing this Concession Award notice to notify the market of the award of a Concession Agreement for the provision of outdoor advertising and support and maintenance services (Contract) to the incumbent concessionaire, JC Decaux Limited (Concessionaire). The object of the Contract is to create a long-term revenue generating opportunity, the benefit of which will be shared between the Concessionaire and GTR. GTR has existing out of home (OOH) advertising assets across its network including at stations and on land adjacent to tracks, roads, bridges and stations which the Concessionaire manages, maintains and invests in to maximise revenue. The estate comprises of 163 digital screens including D6, Motion and Transvision, plus over 1300 static displays at more than 200 stations across the GTR network. The award of the Contract will require the Concessionaire to make a minimum investment of 50 D6 screens over the first 3 years of the contract term. Due …
About the supplier
JCDecaux UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01679670).