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The current contract for Advertising services in Maidstone is projected to end on 18/4/2017 and may be available for re-tender.The current contract for Advertising services in Maidstone included a single supplier framework agreement to manage the publishing of Public and Statutory Notice Advertisements. In addition to KCC, It is intended that the resulting framework agreement is made available for use by other Unitary, District and Borough Councils in Kent and Medway. There is no guarantee of workload under the framework agreement from any authority.The Supplier will be responsible for the advertising of notices of each authority in local newspapers throughout Kent that target the local communities affected by the orders. Kent County Council will as a minimum provide notices in relation to Traffic Regulation and Stopping Up Orders. Additional planning notices may be sourced from Kent County Council and other district councils.The notices will be sourced from several contact points within each authority and the supplier will be expected to cover the whole County of Kent.The Supplier will be responsible for placing the notice advertisements into the correct publication, at the correct time, to match the objection period related to the notice. Where multiple advertisements are placed into one paper the supplier will be responsible for their collation. Electronic copies of each advert are to be provided by the supplier to the Council for invoicing purposes. The contract is subject to meeting performance indicators relating to the invoicing, location and timing of advertisements.