How to win: Stops and Shelters: Supply, Maintenance and Advertising

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Merseytravel is undertaking Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) to inform the anticipated future procurement of a turnkey bus stop and shelter solution across the Liverpool City Region. The scope includes the design, supply, installation, renewal, maintenance, cleaning and advertising management of the bus stop and shelter estate. This engagement will enable Merseytravel to gain market insight, understand potential delivery models and innovation opportunities, and engage with organisations capable of providing integrated infrastructure, maintenance and advertising services in support of the Liverpool City Region Bus Franchising Programme. Full instructions are available in the Chest portal. Please log in or register here: https://procontract.due-north.com/Register Once you have accessed the project in the Chest, please review the document attached titled "PME - Supplier Information Pack". This document contains the following: 1. Full PME instructions 2. Link to EOI form 3. RFI questions

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Merseytravel scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £255,000,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 21 August 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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