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# TfGM Purchase Of A Bus Audio Visual Announcement System

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tfgm-purchase-of-a-bus-audio-visual-announcement-system-ocds-h6vhtk-03e342). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Transport for Greater Manchester: "TfGM Purchase Of A Bus Audio Visual Announcement System". Published status: complete. Published Value: £7,700,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 18 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.procontract.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Transport for Greater Manchester](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/transport-for-greater-manchester-coh-05868101)
- **Published Value:** £7,700,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 18 August 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Audio-visual equipment, Audio-visual materials, Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
- **Delivery Location:** UKD3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £7,825,553 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03e342`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tfgm-purchase-of-a-bus-audio-visual-announcement-system-ocds-h6vhtk-03e342#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.com](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.procontract.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tfgm-purchase-of-a-bus-audio-visual-announcement-system-ocds-h6vhtk-03e342#participate

## Description
The Audio-Visual Announcement System (AVA) is a TV based system which monitors bus location and is there to announce the upcoming stops along the buses route to keep passengers informed and to ensure they get off at the correct stop on the route.
The scope of this procurement was to provide an AVA system with the following functionality:
- Visual content to be provided in the form of route line plans, text, and video content.
- Passenger audio and visual content to be provided automatically as the vehicle travels along a specified route.
- Audio and visual passenger information to be provided when the bus approaches, arrives or leaves specified locations along the route.
- Additional information between stops such as advertising or service information.
- Integration with the exterior facing destination blinds for route display selection, additional passenger information and remote updating of the destination content.
- The remote updating of the destination, audio and visual passenger information content to be completed either whilst the bus is in service or housed within a depot.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 32321200, 32321300
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** The Audio-Visual Announcement System (AVA) is a TV based system which monitors bus location and is there to announce the upcoming stops along the buses route to keep passengers informed and to ensure they get off at the correct stop on the route.
The...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** TfGM Purchase Of A Bus Audio Visual Announcement System (active)
  - Award id: `013091-2024-1`
  - Supplier(s): **McKenna Brothers Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-111631`
  - Value: £7,825,553 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** TfGM Purchase Of A Bus Audio Visual Announcement System (active)
  - Signed Value: £7,825,553
  - Signed Date: 05/03/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013091-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-04-23T09:30:15.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T19:11:49.751Z
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