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Stops and Shelters: Supply, Maintenance and Advertising

Buyer: Merseytravel →

BuyerMerseytravel
Statusplanned
DeadlineNot published
Value£255,000,000
Published29 Jul 2026

What is being bought

Merseytravel intends to procure a contract for a single strategic supplier to provide a fully integrated solution for the design, supply, installation, maintenance, refurbishment and advertising services of the Liverpool City Region's bus stop and shelter estate. The requirement will support the region's bus franchising programme.

Delivery location

UKD7, GB

Categories

Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation 33952000Bus shelters 44212321Advertising and marketing services 79340000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned
Contract periodFrom 17 Jan 2028 to 16 Jan 2038

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation, Bus shelters, Advertising and marketing servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 33. The category anchor is Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation (33952000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 331,7922 median · 104.8 average (601 of 1,792 with a bid count)6.3 average (698 of 1,792 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKD71106 median · 106 average (1 of 1 with a bid count)8 average (1 of 1 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)57Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06d4f2
Latest release ID071790-2026
Latest release timestampWed Jul 29 2026 13:55:39 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanned
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£255,000,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
29 Jul 2026planning071790-2026
28 Jul 2026planning071091-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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28 Jul 2026 · 071091-2026 · planning
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