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# Graduation Venue and Events Management

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/graduation-venue-and-events-management-ocds-h6vhtk-06b051). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** De Montfort University: "Graduation Venue and Events Management". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £1,750,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [De Montfort University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/de-montfort-university-urn-133833)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £1,750,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Event services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF21
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/graduation-venue-and-events-management-ocds-h6vhtk-06b051#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06b051`

## 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/graduation-venue-and-events-management-ocds-h6vhtk-06b051#tl-md)

## Description
De Montfort University has a requirement for a suitable - and suitably-sized - venue to hire to host graduation ceremonies, along with a suitably qualified and experienced Event Management Production service for the planning, production and delivery of graduation services, as described in the Specification, to include on the day management and event production of each ceremony.  
For clarification, it is intended to contract with a single supplier for provision of these services. 
The current annual spend on these services is around £332k ex.VAT, in an approximate split of c.£145k for Winter graduations, c. £187k for Summer graduations; it is anticipated that the current broad level of activity will continue for the proposed duration of the new contract(s).
Current contract for these services will expire on 29th February 2028 and new service provision is therefore required from 1st March 2028. It is anticipated that contract(s) will be awarded for an initial approximate three-year period to 28th February 2031 with the potential opportunity to extend for up to a further two years for a maximum five-year duration, anticipated maximum end date 28th February 2033 (any extension will be offered based on available budget, supplier performance and continuing business need - and in all cases at the sole discretion of the University).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 79952000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 01/03/2028 to 28/02/2031
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F054027-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-08T20:37:46.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T01:13:07.370Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06b051