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ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-058610"
title: "COV - Market Operator 2025"
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# COV - Market Operator 2025

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cov-market-operator-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-058610). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Coventry City Council: "COV - Market Operator 2025". Published status: complete. Concession Value: £800,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 11 Sept 2025, 13:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Coventry City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/coventry-city-council-ons-e08000026)
- **Concession Value (operator's expected revenue):** £800,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 11 September 2025 at 13:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Event services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG33
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £800,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cov-market-operator-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-058610#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-058610`

## 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/cov-market-operator-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-058610#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fcsw-jets.)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cov-market-operator-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-058610#participate

## Description
The Council is seeking to appoint a single market operator to plan and deliver festive food, drink and retail stalls with a look and feel that is commensurate with a typical Christmas Market offering food, drink, and festive goods.
The successful operator will be responsible for the content, look and feel of its operation. This is from the start of set up, to the end of de-rig on its completion; including provision of all infrastructure and services at their own cost.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79952000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £800,000

- **Contract Period:** 02/10/2025 to 30/05/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

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

  - Supplier(s): **RDC ATTRACTIONS LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:11426401`
  - Value: £800,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 17/09/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £800,000
  - Signed Date: 11/11/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F048012-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-11-11T13:23:01.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T11:58:21.270Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-058610