Clear Channel appeals against Basel billboard decision
Basel's Director of Public Works, Barbara Schneider, made the following decision on July 16:
On July 16, Basel's building director Barbara Schneider made a decision: after a delay of several years, she awarded the city of Basel's billboard concession to Allgemeine Plakatgesellschaft (APG). Competitor Clear Channel Plakanda (CCP) has lodged an appeal against the decision.Unlike other cities, Basel does not (yet) award a poster concession for the entire city, but three in total. Two of these were awarded to APG some time ago. The first covers the streetcar and bus shelters of the Basler Verkehrsbetriebe (BVB). It is governed by several contracts with different terms. The second applies to 254 City Light areas throughout the city.
The city of Basel loses "a lot of money" every day with the appeal
The third concession - and this is currently at issue - relates to all other poster sites. In future, it will also include the spaces on the bus shelters when their contracts expire. When this concession was put out to tender, the bidders were required to submit a billposting concept and a price offer.
Only APG and CCP applied. In a very detailed decision, the Basel jury came to the conclusion that APG's billposting concept was "more precise, more realistic and more flexible" than that of CCP. In addition, APG's price offer was "more advantageous". The jury's verdict was fully supported by the Director of Construction and the Director of BVB.
However, CCP has lodged an appeal against this. CCP CEO Beat Roeschlin did not wish to comment on the reasons for this and merely stated via the Basel lawyer and LDP member of parliament Donald Stückelberger that CCP was of the opinion that it had submitted "the conceptually and financially better offer".
This means that the Basel poster submission is now entering another round of delays. It will take at least until the end of the year for the administrative court to reach a decision. After that, a further appeal to the Federal Supreme Court is still possible. As long as there is no legally binding decision, the existing contract with APG, which has actually already expired, will be extended. The Basel building department is annoyed about this. "We are losing a lot of money every day as a result," says department secretary Thomas Frauchiger (mk).
The city of Basel loses "a lot of money" every day with the appeal
The third concession - and this is currently at issue - relates to all other poster sites. In future, it will also include the spaces on the bus shelters when their contracts expire. When this concession was put out to tender, the bidders were required to submit a billposting concept and a price offer.
Only APG and CCP applied. In a very detailed decision, the Basel jury came to the conclusion that APG's billposting concept was "more precise, more realistic and more flexible" than that of CCP. In addition, APG's price offer was "more advantageous". The jury's verdict was fully supported by the Director of Construction and the Director of BVB.
However, CCP has lodged an appeal against this. CCP CEO Beat Roeschlin did not wish to comment on the reasons for this and merely stated via the Basel lawyer and LDP member of parliament Donald Stückelberger that CCP was of the opinion that it had submitted "the conceptually and financially better offer".
This means that the Basel poster submission is now entering another round of delays. It will take at least until the end of the year for the administrative court to reach a decision. After that, a further appeal to the Federal Supreme Court is still possible. As long as there is no legally binding decision, the existing contract with APG, which has actually already expired, will be extended. The Basel building department is annoyed about this. "We are losing a lot of money every day as a result," says department secretary Thomas Frauchiger (mk).
