Purpose

To consider approving a procurement exercise to award an exclusive for advertising on the public highway and associated assets.

Decision

1. That the commencement of an open-market tender process to appoint a contractor for a 10-year advertising concessionary contract, with an option to extend for a further five years (15 years in total), be approved.
2. That authority be delegated to the Assistant Director of Finance, in consultation with the Cabinet member for Highways and Transport, to finalise tender documents, and award the contract to the preferred service provider, noting that any new sites without existing planning approval will need to progress through appropriate planning or similar processes to be added as advertising infrastructure.