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title: "CHRISTMAS LIGHTING EVENT CONCESSION AT  ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH"
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# CHRISTMAS LIGHTING EVENT CONCESSION AT  ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/christmas-lighting-event-concession-at-royal-botanic-garden-edinburgh-ocds-h6vhtk-0364dd). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh: "CHRISTMAS LIGHTING EVENT CONCESSION AT  ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH". Published status: complete. Published Value: £7,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Oct 2022, 15:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/royal-botanic-garden-edinburgh-GB-FTS-45270)
- **Published Value:** £7,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 19 October 2022 at 15:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure with prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Event services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM75
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0023
- **Awarded Value:** £10,700,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/christmas-lighting-event-concession-at-royal-botanic-garden-edinburgh-ocds-h6vhtk-0364dd#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0364dd`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/christmas-lighting-event-concession-at-royal-botanic-garden-edinburgh-ocds-h6vhtk-0364dd#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/christmas-lighting-event-concession-at-royal-botanic-garden-edinburgh-ocds-h6vhtk-0364dd#participate

## Description
RBGE wishes to appoint an event production and management company to design, manage and deliver a festive light trail under the terms of a concession agreement.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £7,000,000
- **Description:** The event production, promotion and management company will deliver all aspects of the creative design, installation and management of the event including ticketing and marketing under a concessionaire contract.
The management company, its artist(s) ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 009930-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Raymond Gubbay Ltd T/A Sony Music**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-45271`
  - Value: £10,700,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 009930-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £10,700,000
  - Signed Date: 02/04/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F009930-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-04-05T10:45:48.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T09:02:26.122Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0364dd