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Bus Shelter Advertising Extension

Nottinghamshire County Council · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 03:54.

Opportunity overview

Nottinghamshire County Council has extended its existing concession agreement for bus shelter advertising by three years to support the transition of transport functions to EMCCA is completed.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

BAUER MEDIA OUTDOOR UK LIMITED

Matched by exact name
Published award value
Value not stated
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
30 Apr 2025
Award ID
030218-2025-1
Status
active
Location
London, UKI, W1F 9JT, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV79341000 — Advertising services

Lots

  • Nottinghamshire County Council (the Council) maintains in excess of 4,500 bus stops with 1,483 bus shelters and almost 1,200 real time displays. Since 2000, the Incumbent Provider has supplied and maintained 470 of the 1,483 bus shelters in Nottinghamshire at no cost to the Council in exchange for selling advertising space on approximately 45% of their shelters and retaining ownership of each bus shelter it supplies under the contract. This represents excellent value to the Council as it would cost over £6.5 million to install like for like shelters and £50k per annum to clean and maintain them. Since 2019, the Incumbent Provider started replacing its paper advertising with digital advertising and the Council negotiated a contract variation to receive an income for every digital panel added to the Incumbent Provider’s estate. The Incumbent Provider currently have 30 such panels, with the income used to offset the Council’s bus stop infrastructure maintenance costs. The Incumbent Provider supplies and has maintained its shelter estate to a high standard, and it remains in good condition. The current contract for delivery of the bus shelter advertising will expire on 1 May 2025, and it has been in place for 25 years. The Council’s Local Transport Authority functions will transfer to the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) on or before 31st March 2026. At present it is unclear whether bus shelters owned by the Council will transfer or contracts such as that held between the Council and the Incumbent Provider will be novated by this date or at all. There is also expected to be a considerable period of adjustment within EMCCA as the Transport team beds in and the functions to support delivery mature.Value not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
DN774343
Status
complete
Procurement Method
limited
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
To ensure an effective transition of transport functions to EMCCA, the Council intends to extend its existing contract with the Incumbent Provider for three years to allow for clarity on where responsibility for bus shelters will sit in the future, build sufficient capacity and undertake a harmonisation of standards across the region. The existing contract does not provide for such an extension so a variation would first need to be negotiated with the Incumbent Provider. The Incumbent Provider has indicated they would be willing to commence this negotiation and extend the current contract by three years. The Council has obtained legal advice that confirms that there is a legitimate route to extend the current contract with the Incumbent Provider by relying on one or more provisions set out in Regulation 43 of the Concession Contract Regulations 2016. The contract extension to allow for clarity over the longer-term responsibility for bus shelters also has the additional benefits as it provides an opportunity to design a tender process that focuses on delivering a best-value, high-quality collaborative service in conjunction with other services for bus shelter advertising and aligning with EMCCA’s values and strategies as the Local Transport Authority.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0023
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Id
79341000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Advertising services

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
D_TECHNICAL
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description
The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Has Options
No
Description
Nottinghamshire County Council (the Council) maintains in excess of 4,500 bus stops with 1,483 bus shelters and almost 1,200 real time displays. Since 2000, the Incumbent Provider has supplied and maintained 470 of the 1,483 bus shelters in Nottinghamshire at no cost to the Council in exchange for selling advertising space on approximately 45% of their shelters and retaining ownership of each bus shelter it supplies under the contract. This represents excellent value to the Council as it would cost over £6.5 million to install like for like shelters and £50k per annum to clean and maintain them. Since 2019, the Incumbent Provider started replacing its paper advertising with digital advertising and the Council negotiated a contract variation to receive an income for every digital panel added to the Incumbent Provider’s estate. The Incumbent Provider currently have 30 such panels, with the income used to offset the Council’s bus stop infrastructure maintenance costs. The Incumbent Provider supplies and has maintained its shelter estate to a high standard, and it remains in good condition. The current contract for delivery of the bus shelter advertising will expire on 1 May 2025, and it has been in place for 25 years. The Council’s Local Transport Authority functions will transfer to the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) on or before 31st March 2026. At present it is unclear whether bus shelters owned by the Council will transfer or contracts such as that held between the Council and the Incumbent Provider will be novated by this date or at all. There is also expected to be a considerable period of adjustment within EMCCA as the Transport team beds in and the functions to support delivery mature.

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKF14

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-8989
Name
Nottinghamshire County Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKF14
Locality
Nottinghamshire
Postal Code
NG2 7QP
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
County Hall, Loughborough Road Westbridgford

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
Nottinghamshire County Council

Contact

Name
Holly Fisher
Telephone
+44 1158788113
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-150345
Name
BAUER MEDIA OUTDOOR UK LIMITED

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKI
Locality
London
Postal Code
W1F 9JT
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
33 Golden Square

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Legal Name
BAUER MEDIA OUTDOOR UK LIMITED
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-513
Name
The High Court of Justice

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
London
Postal Code
WC2A 2LL
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
The High Court of Justice

Award information

Award 1
Id
030218-2025-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-150345
Name
BAUER MEDIA OUTDOOR UK LIMITED

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
030218-2025-1
Status
active
Award ID
030218-2025-1
Date Signed
1 May 2025, 00:00

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Nottinghamshire · UKF14 · NG2 7QP · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKF14

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-054385-2025-06-05T12:52:48+01:00compiled ·