Commercial partner to manage large format advertising & sponsorship assets on behalf of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Tender description

Applications are invited for a commercial partner to manage large format advertising & sponsorship assets on behalf of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council using the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation. The successful commercial partner will be responsible for the installation and maintenance of large advertising formats across the borough and for selling of advertising on these formats to realise a guaranteed income to the Council. The contract will be for a period of 15 years in order to give the successful commercial partner sufficient time to recoup their capital investment and make a return. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council ('Contracting Authority') will be using the In-tend e-Tendering System for this Procurement exercise, please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc to access the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal. From here you will be able to register your company, express an interest in the opportunity, and gain immediate access to the PQQ and other prospective tender documents. In Order To View the On-Line Questionnaire(s) and Submit a PQQ, you will be required to 'Opt-In'. Please be mindful that if you are cut and pasting your question responses onto the On-Line Questionnaire(s) that you do so from a 'Notepad' document, this is due to the fact that some special characters are not accepted within the On-Line Questionnaire(s). For a Step by Step user guide to the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal please click on the 'Guidance for Suppliers' section of the website. All procurement responses must be carried out via the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal. If you require further assistance in respect of the system please contact the In-tend support team on +44 844 272 8810. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations. The last date for Expressions of Interest is Friday 1st July 2016 at 23:59hrs. The deadline for return of PQQ's is Monday 4th July 2016 at 15:00hrs.