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Variable Message Signs

Variable message signs
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE41)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Bradford Metropolitan District Council: "Variable Message Signs". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityBradford Metropolitan District CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Bradford Metropolitan District Council
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Published history for Bradford Metropolitan District Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
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Competition Density
7.4Bids / Report
11.1% of reports have one bid
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Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
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Coverage: 11 active published awards; 9 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityBradford Metropolitan District Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published27 Oct 2021, 14:15 BST
Last source update27 Oct 2021, 14:15 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationVariable message signs
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE41)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-02f095
What is being bought
The Council needs to procure an additional 30 Variable Message Signs. The Council currently has 56 variable message signs (VMS) and 9 car park signs that are controlled by its Swarco Ltd., PGS software. The Council requires a further 5 VMS signs for the perimeter of its newly established, and soon to be implemented Clean Air Zone and to also generally supplement its existing VMS infrastructure. 25 of the Council’s current VMS signs are old and need replacing as they are 4 x 16 character signs, which are mounted on flanged poles. The 4 x 16 character signs need to be replaced as they do not synchronise and follow the same commands for displaying a message as the remainder of the Council’s newer type RGB (Red, Green, Blue) VMS signs. All of the Council’s VMS signs connect to Swarco Ltd., provided software from which the Council controls the signs, with the ability to send single sign messages or group messages. The Council does not want additional software/programs to run the new and replacement VMS signs and requires a single solution signal software to control all of its existing and additionally required signs. The Council therefore proposed to purchase an additional 30 signs and associated additional software and other ancillary products from Swarco Ltd.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    27 Oct 2021, 14:15 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    27 Oct 2021, 14:15 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    27 Oct 2021, 14:15 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    The Council is notifying the market of its intention to procure an additional 30 Variable Message Signs without prior publication of a contract notice. The Council currently has 56 variable message signs (VMS) and 9 car park signs that are controlled by its Swarco Ltd., PGS software. The Council requires a further 5 VMS signs for the perimeter of its newly established, and soon to be implemented Clean Air Zone and to also generally supplement its existing VMS infrastructure. 25 of the Council’s current VMS signs are old and need replacing as they are 4 x 16 character signs, which are mounted on flanged poles. The 4 x 16 character signs need to be replaced as they do not synchronise and follow the same commands for displaying a message as the remainder of the Council’s newer type RGB (Red, Green, Blue) VMS signs. All of the Council’s VMS signs connect to Swarco Ltd., provided software from which the Council controls the signs, with the ability to send single sign messages or group messages. The Council does not want additional software/programs to run the new and replacement VMS signs and requires a single solution signal software to control all of its existing and additionally required signs. The Council therefore proposed to purchase an additional 30 signs and associated additional software and other ancillary products from Swarco Ltd, after the 30th of November 2021.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    27 Oct 2021, 14:15 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 27 Oct 2021, 00:00 BST · £600,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Swarco Traffic Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£600,000 · signed 27 Oct 2021, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-1684
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  • Bradford Metropolitan District Council
    buyer

    1st Floor Britannia House, Hall Ings, Bradford, UKE41, BD1 1HX
    duncan.farr@bradford.gov.uk
    +44 1274434588

  • City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
    reviewBody

    1st Floor., Britannia House, Hall Ings, Bradford, BD1 1HX

  • Swarco Traffic Ltd
    supplier

    Western House Business Park, East Road, Melsonby, Richmond, UKI75, DL10 5NF
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Procedure rationaleFor additional deliveries by the original supplier which are intended either as a partial replacement of supplies or installations or as the extension of existing supplies or installations where a change of supplier would oblige the contracting authority to acquire supplies having different technical characteristics which would result in incompatibility or disproportionate technical difficulties in operation and maintenance; The Council intends to award a contract for the supply of variable messages signs, associated additional software and ancillary products to Swaroc Ltd., without prior publication of a contract notice in accordance with the ground set out in Reg. 32, paragraph 5(b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. As set out above the Council requires additional supplies from Swarco Ltd., to partially replace and supplement its existing variable message sign infrastructure. The Council wishes to avoid issues of operational non-compatibility and maintenance that would arise from adding signs and equipment to its estate of variable message signs equipment from a manufacturer other than Swarco Ltd.