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ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-068fd1"
title: "Translink's Bus Shelter Contract Management"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/translink-s-bus-shelter-contract-management-ocds-h6vhtk-068fd1"
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# Translink's Bus Shelter Contract Management

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/translink-s-bus-shelter-contract-management-ocds-h6vhtk-068fd1). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Translink: "Translink's Bus Shelter Contract Management". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Translink](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/translink-GB-PPON-PTMT-7134-NRMV)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Advertising services, Bus shelters, Construction materials and associated items, Goods used in construction, Industrial machinery
- **Delivery Location:** UKN
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/translink-s-bus-shelter-contract-management-ocds-h6vhtk-068fd1#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-068fd1`

## 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/translink-s-bus-shelter-contract-management-ocds-h6vhtk-068fd1#tl-md)

## Description
Translink is undertaking a Pre-Market Engagement exercise (PME) that seeks input from the market to inform the upcoming procurement for Bus Shelter Contract Management.
NOTE:  This is not a call for tender.  Instructions for participants which is available from the "CFT Documents" area of eTendersNI.  Your response to this market engagement questionnaire must be submitted as an attachment via the secure messaging function of the CfT.
•	The deadline for submissions of completed questionnaires is 12.00 on 15 May 2026.
•	It is anticipated a meeting will be held via Microsoft Teams 
        wc 15 June 2026.
•	Based on the information provided, you may be invited to a Microsoft Teams meeting, and an         invitation will be sent accordingly to the attendee(s).
It is the intention to publish a CfT with a Brief Scope of Description of Requirement and PME Questionnaire with instructions for completion.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 42000000, 44100000, 44212321, 44420000, 79341000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2027 to 31/03/2032
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F040203-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-04-30T17:38:25.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T18:20:35.902Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-068fd1