Advertising and Network Infrastructure Maintenance Contract
Centro is seeking suitable suppliers for its Advertising and Network Infrastructure Maintenance contract that is due to commence on 1.7.2016.
United Kingdom-Birmingham: Advertising services
2016/S 034-054943
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive (Centro)
Centro House, 16 Summer Lane
For the attention of: Stephen Bloomer
B19 3SD Birmingham
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 3453036760
E-mail: procurementteam@centro.org.uk
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.centro.org.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://centro.bravosolution.co.uk
Electronic access to information: https://centro.bravosolution.co.uk
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: https://centro.bravosolution.co.uk
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
I.3)Main activity
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes
Available to those authorities as per Volume 1 of the Instructions to Tender
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Service category No 13: Advertising services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Centro supported area of the West Midlands, United Kingdom for any Centro procurements and the rest of the UK for other organisations having access to the contracts.
NUTS code UK
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
This is a Concession Agreement which also includes the option for Midland Metro advertising. It is envisaged that this Concession Agreement will be for a period of up to 10 years which is in line with the remaining Lots 3 to 7 of Centro’s Advertising and Network Infrastructure Maintenance that is the subject of an associated Contract Notice published at the same time as this one. Potential bidders can bid for all Lots or combinations of Lots spread across the 2 Contract Notices.
This Contract Notice is concerned with the following Lots:
Lot 1 — Roadside Asset Advertising;
Lot 2 — Commercialisation of Assets.
Tenders are due back by the closing date of 1000 on Thursday 24.3.2016 and the deadline for clarification questions, via BravoSolution, is 12:00 on Monday 7.3.2016.
Centro is holding pre-tender Briefing Sessions for all interested bidders commencing at 14:00 on Tuesday 23.2.2016 and 10:30 on Wednesday 24.2.2016. If either of these are of interest would you please confirm your attendance by 17:00 on Monday 22.2.2016, via BravoSolution.
It is Centro’s intention to make the contracts available to other local authorities in the UK. This will consist of the following: — all county councils, borough and district councils and unitary authorities throughout England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales (please see:
— www.direct.gov.uk/en/DI1/Directories/Localcouncils/AToZOfLocalCouncils/index.htm)
— West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority;
— West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive;
— Merseyside Integrated Transport Authority;
— West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority;
— West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive;
— South Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority;
— South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive;
— Tyne & Wear Integrated Transport Authority;
— Tyne & Wear Passenger Transport Executive;
— Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority;
— Transport for Greater Manchester;
— Transport for London;
— Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.
Each of these organisations will contract directly with the successful supplier. There is, however, no obligation on any other Contracting Authorities to utilise these contracts.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79341000
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)Lots
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.2.3)Information about renewals
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Information about lots
Lot No: 1 Lot title: Roadside Asset Advertising
1)Short description
Currently Centro have 1 652 bus shelters within the 5 144 shelter estate which have advertising space for resale. As Centro does not have the abilities, skills and capabilities to sell advertising space directly to advocates; an agency is required to conduct the resale on its behalf.
The contractor will be required to pay Centro for the use of this space and also to assist Centro in maximising its estate portfolio by conversion to contemporary platforms, re-orientation of existing media platforms to maximise revenue potentials and advise as to where new advertising spaces should be provided.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79341000
5)Additional information about lots
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1.Register your company details on https://centro.bravosolution.co.uk Click the link marked “to register” — Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue’. Enter your correct business and user details. We highly recommend completing both the basic and extended profiles (the extended profile can be completed when you have logged into the portal). Please ensure you note the username and click ‘Save’ when complete. You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure).<br>
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2. Login to the portal with your unique username/password. Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers’ link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier).<br>
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3. Expressing interest: click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content and click ‘Express Interest’ button at the top of the page. As a result, you will now move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs’ page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only. You can now access the information related to the tender provision; click on ‘Buyer Attachments’ in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’ box to access any/all attachments.<br>
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4. Responding to a tender: click ‘My Response’ under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’, you can choose to ‘Create Response’ or to ‘Decline to Respond’ (please ensure you provide a reason if declining). You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification. Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT. You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.<br>
Lot No: 2 Lot title: Commercialisation of Assets
1)Short description
Centro is seeking an organisation that will;
— assess and benchmark the income generating potential of Centro assets,
— develop a range of commercial propositions which appeal to the market, and
— offer general and on-going opportunity development support.
The successful tenderer will be required to lead or support Centro by carrying out a range of different activities relating to strategy, proposition and portfolio development, stakeholder engagement, partnership support and advice.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79341100
5)Additional information about lots
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1.Register your company details on https://centro.bravosolution.co.uk Click the link marked “to register” — Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue’. Enter your correct business and user details. We highly recommend completing both the basic and extended profiles (the extended profile can be completed when you have logged into the portal). Please ensure you note the username and click ‘Save’ when complete. You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure).<br>
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2. Login to the portal with your unique username/password. Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers’ link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier).<br>
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3. Expressing interest: Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content and click ‘Express Interest’ button at the top of the page. As a result, you will now move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs’ page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only. You can now access the information related to the tender provision; click on ‘Buyer Attachments’ in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’ box to access any/all attachments.<br>
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4. Responding to a tender: Click ‘My Response’ under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’, you can choose to ‘Create Response’ or to ‘Decline to Respond’ (please ensure you provide a reason if declining). You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification. Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT. You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.<br>
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Suppliers Instructions on Expressing Interest in this tender provision:
1. Register your company details on https://centro.bravosolution.co.uk Click the link marked “to register” — Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue’. Enter your correct business and user details. We highly recommend completing both the basic and extended profiles (the extended profile can be completed when you have logged into the portal). Please ensure you note the username and click ‘Save’ when complete. You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure).
2. Login to the portal with your unique username/password. Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers’ link (these are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier).
3. Expressing interest: Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content and click ‘Express Interest’ button at the top of the page. As a result, you will now move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs’ page (this is a secure area reserved for your projects only. You can now access the information related to the tender provision; click on ‘Buyer Attachments’ in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’ box to access any/all attachments.
4. Responding to a tender: Click ‘My Response’ under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’, you can choose to ‘Create Response’ or to ‘Decline to Respond’ (please ensure you provide a reason if declining). You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification. Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT. You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.
Please note that the reference for the Qualification document is: itt_295.
Please note that the tender reference for each Lot is as follows:
Lot 1 — itt_304
Lot 2 — itt_305.
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Please refer to invitation to tender and suite of documents.
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
Prior information notice
Notice number in the OJEU: 2015/S 073-129160 of 15.4.2015
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
Reference to project(s) and/or programme(s): Some sites or locations under these contracts, relating to Centro or other public bodies in the UK accessing it, may be subject to EU Involve / ERDF or other associated or relevant funding.
VI.3)Additional information
Suppliers Instructions on Expressing Interest in this tender provision:
1. Register your company details on https://centro.bravosolution.co.uk Click the link marked “to register” — Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue’. Enter your correct business and user details. We highly recommend completing both the basic and extended profiles (the extended profile can be completed when you have logged into the portal). Please ensure you note the username and click ‘Save’ when complete. You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure).
2. Login to the portal with your unique username/password. Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers’ link (these are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier).
3. Expressing interest: click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content and click ‘Express Interest’ button at the top of the page. As a result, you will now move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs’ page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only. You can now access the information related to the tender provision; click on ‘Buyer Attachments’ in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’ box to access any/all attachments.
4. Responding to a tender: click ‘My Response’ under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’, you can choose to ‘Create Response’ or to ‘Decline to Respond’ (please ensure you provide a reason if declining). You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification. Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT. You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: