Advertising exploitation: bus stop facilities and free-standing display cases
The Municipality of Utrecht intends to make agreements with the current concessionaire via a negotiated procedure without prior publication regarding the expansion and digitalization of advertising objects at stops and free-standing display cases. The proposed changes – expansion of digital surfaces, reduction of paper surfaces, enlargement of digital screens – fall under the existing concession conditions and do not constitute a substantial modification of the concession contract, meaning a new procurement is not required. The contracting authority emphasizes transparency despite the non-required publication and informs stakeholders about the intended agreements. The procedure focuses on ensuring continuity within the concession, adjusting the number and format of advertising objects, and digitalizing existing paper objects, without suspending or modifying the concession.
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01What is being requested
The Municipality of Utrecht intends to make agreements with the current concessionaire via a negotiated procedure without prior publication regarding the expansion and digitalization of advertising objects at stops and free-standing display cases. The proposed changes – expansion of digital surfaces, reduction of paper surfaces, enlargement of digital screens – fall under the existing concession conditions and do not constitute a substantial modification of the concession contract, meaning a new procurement is not required. The contracting authority emphasizes transparency despite the non-required publication and informs stakeholders about the intended agreements. The procedure focuses on ensuring continuity within the concession, adjusting the number and format of advertising objects, and digitalizing existing paper objects, without suspending or modifying the concession.
The contracting authority states at the outset that its intention, materially speaking, amounts to making agreements by itself and the concessionaire that fit within the framework of the awarded contract and thus, formally speaking, do not constitute a modification of the concession contract, and certainly not a substantial modification of that concession contract. Therefore, strictly speaking, publication pursuant to Art. 4.16 Aw is not necessary. However, the contracting authority believes that transparency is desirable and chooses to make an announcement of the intention anyway. In this, th
02Exclusion grounds
- No specific exclusion grounds were extracted. In a European tender, the mandatory and discretionary grounds of art. 2.86/2.87 of the Dutch Procurement Act almost always apply — check the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD).
03Value in context
The contracting authority did not publish an estimated value — common for a large share of contracts. The EU threshold for werken is € 5,54 M, for reference.
04Likely competitors
05Legal themes that may be relevant here
06Frequently asked questions
Why is this announcement being published if no substantial modification of the concession is taking place?
What does the intended extension of the concession entail?
Which changes are being implemented in the advertising objects?
Is the change in the number and type of advertising objects permitted within the current concession?
Automatically compiled from the official tender data and documents.
07Estimated value versus the market
€ 1,4 mln
€ 3,6 mln
€ 9,1 mln
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