Official UK procurement notice
Cardiff Arena Operator and Developer
Authority: Cardiff Council (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCardiff Council (“the Council”) is the freeholder of the Site on which it wishes to develop a music/entertainment and events arena with a capacity of up to 15,000 (“the Arena”). The Council is seeking to appoint a developer and operator to design, construct, maintain and operate the Arena. The Council will contribute financing towards the delivery of the scheme. The successful bidder will be granted a 99-199 year lease from the Council for the Arena development. The developer will be responsible for securing the initial consortium member operator (and any successor operators) to operate the Arena for a concession period of 40-45 years. The scheme will also involve the delivery of a hotel development, connecting road infrastructure and public realm spaces.
CPV: Architectural and building-surveying services · Architectural design services · Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Architectural, engineering and planning services · Band entertainment services · Bar management services · Beverage-serving services · Building and facilities management services · Building construction work · Building-cleaning services · Cafeteria services · Canteen and catering services · +28 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Continues from II1.4Awarded
Continues from II1.4.
The Council’s financial contribution to the scheme will be through a Funding Agreement with the developer for up to 30m GBP or alternatively through an income strip lease arrangement over the term of the concession. Bidders are expected to submit tenders on both of these basis. Further details are provided in the Descriptive Document and other Concession Documents available through the portal referred to in l.3) above.
The level and availability of the Council’s financial contributions are subject to the Council’s decision making and internal approval processes and details will confirmed to participating bidders during the competition. Prospective bidders should note that the Council reserves the right to vary the available funding and financing approaches during the procurement process.
The Council or developer will be required to acquire some land immediately adjacent to the Site to be made available for the delivery of the Arena. Additional information: The duration of the concession will be in the region of 40-45 years.
The applicants with the 3 highest scoring compliant SQ responses will be invited to the tender stage of the competition process.
The estimated values in II.1.5 and II.2.6 represents the estimated capital cost. It does not include the estimated Operator operating revenue that may be achieved through the operation of the Arena.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Commercial - 60%
- Technical - 40%
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure with prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0023 Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/23/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Sept 2024, 13:55 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Sept 2024, 13:55 BST
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-030012- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-049c42Find a Tender
- Review procedure
Bidders should note that the Concession Documents (including the Heads of Terms and Descriptive Document) are draft documents at this stage, providing indicative information of the Council’s intended approach in the procurement process and are for general information only. The Council reserves the right to vary, amend and update any aspects of the procurement documents and final details and versions of the procurement documents will be confirmed to applicants successful in being selected to participate in the relevant tender stages of the procurement procedure.
The Council reserves the right not to award the opportunity or to award only part (or a different arrangement) of the opportunity described in this concession notice.
Deadline for Review Procedures:
In accordance with Regulation 47 (Notice of decision to award a concession contract); Regulation 48 (Standstill Period) and Regulation 52 to 63 of the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (CCR 2016).
Following any decision to award the concession contract, the Council will provide debriefing information to unsuccessful bidders (in accordance with Regulation 47 CCR 2016) and observe a minimum 10 day standstill period (in accordance with Regulation 48 CCR 2016) before the concession contract is entered into.
Publisher note: The Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (“CCR”) apply to this scheme. The Council intends to follow a process similar to the Competitive Dialogue procedure described in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (“PCR”). The Council reserves the right to deviate from the formalities of the PCR in conducting the competition due to the flexibilities permitted by the CCR. Submission of applications must be by way of completion and return of the SQ pre-qualification questionnaire (“SQ”) by the date and time specified in Section IV.2.2. The Council reserves the right not to accept submission of applications that are received after the deadline. Bidders are encouraged to submit their submission well in advance of the stated date and time in order to avoid issues such as technical difficulties with the electronic system that may be due to high volumes of traffic attempting to submit applications on the same date at the same time. (WA Ref:144604)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| live nation | £183,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 030012-2024-1 · live nation
- Signed
- 12 Aug 2024
- Value
- £183,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High Court of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- live nationAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.