Official UK procurement notice
Booking Services Venues and Events 2026
Authority: Ofsted (Central government)
Sectors: Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services (55) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£5,000,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 Aug 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Calder Conferences Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBooking Services Venues and Events
CPV: Hotel meeting and conference services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Booking services for events and external venuesAwarded
Booking services for events and external venues. No committed spend.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Aug 2026, 14:42 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Aug 2026, 14:42 BST
- Authority reference
CON 1662- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-074815- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ddf8Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Contract awarded under PCR 2015 GCA Framework - direct award
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £5,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Aug 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calder Conferences Ltd | £5,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 074815-2026-CON 1662-1 · Calder Conferences Ltd
- Signed
- 1 Aug 2026
- Value
- £5,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Calder Conferences LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.