Official UK procurement notice
Function Support - Highcliffe Castle
Authority: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (Local council)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: South West (UKK2)
Published estimate£180,000≈ £90k / year · £216,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 2 Mar 2026awarded 25 Mar 2026
Awarded to Slick Events Ltd
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council isseeking a suitably experienced supplier to provideFunction Support Services at Highcliffe Castle, including a Duty Manager and Function SupportStaff to support weddings and events at this Grade Ilisted venue.
CPV: Event services · Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£180,000
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).
How bids were scored
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Price
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Feb 2026, 16:48 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Oct 2026, 13:54 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
DN802124- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-009163- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0614b0Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
- Submission deadline
- 2 Mar 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
All tenders must be submitted electronically via the Council's Procurement Platform (Proactis):
Timeline
2 Feb 2026 → 12 Oct 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published259 days ago2 Feb 2026, 16:48 GMT
- Clarification questions by245 days ago16 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadline232 days ago2 Mar 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by215 days ago18 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent207 days ago27 Mar 2026
- Contract starts202 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends193 days ago9 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published8 days ago12 Oct 2026, 13:54 BST
Notice history
6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Feb 2026- Tender notice published2 Feb 2026, 16:48 GMTUK4
- Tender notice published2 Feb 2026, 16:53 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published27 Mar 2026, 21:25 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete27 Mar 2026, 21:25 GMT
- Contract signature expected10 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published12 Oct 2026, 13:54 BSTUK7
Published amendments (1)
Opportunity link provided.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-02: 1 release · 2 Feb 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £180,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 10 Apr 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slick Events LtdSME10 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2030Extensions: Options to extend are subject to satisfactoryperformance throughout the life of the contract andconfirmation of funding availability by the Council. | £180,000 | 25 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Slick Events LtdSME
- Signed
- 10 Apr 2026
- Value
- £180,000
- Period
- 10 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Options to extend are subject to satisfactory performance throughout the life of the contract and confirmation of funding availability by the Council.
No agreed KPIs: The contract value is below the statutory threshold for mandatory KPIs.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 2 at stage one | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Slick Events LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender