Official UK procurement notice
Graduation venue · UK public procurement notice
Authority: City St George's, University of London (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCity St George's University of London is inviting potential providers of Graduation Venue to participate in a tender process.
We are looking to appoint a supplier to provide us with a graduation venue for a minimum of 5 years with an option to extend to 10 years.
City St George's, University of London has six schools: Bayes Business School, School of Communication & Creativity, School of Politics and Global Affairs, School of Health Sciences, School of Science & Technology, and City Law School.
Our graduation ceremonies take place in Winter (January) and Summer (July), and since the merge of City, UoL and St George's, UoL, we expect to hold approximately 8 ceremonies in January (approx. 4 days, 2 ceremonies per day), and 11/12 ceremonies in July (approx. 5.5 days). Each ceremony will cater for approx. 350-400 graduands and 1000 – 1400 guests (total 1800 max per ceremony)
CPV: Higher education services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1This is an open tender for hire of Graduation venue and related servicesRenewalPublished value£2,612,500
This is an open tender for hire of Graduation venue and related services. The awarded contract will be for 5 years with an option to extend for other 5 years at the discretion of the University. The graduation days are usually around 9.5 days. Approximately £55,000 per day.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 12 Dec 2024, 19:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Dec 2024, 12:05 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 4 Feb 2025 – …
- Authority reference
25/0007- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-040943- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c7bbFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=909597421 GO Reference: GO-20241212-PRO-28869362
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 3 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 4 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
19 Dec 2024 → 4 Feb 2025 · 3 dates- Notice published19 Dec 2024, 12:05 GMT
- Submission deadline3 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened4 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
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| — | Text1.3 Communication · I.3 | The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: www.delta-esourcing.com | The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-London:-Higher education services./89ZF8N5UQ2 |
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=911208612 GO Reference: GO-20241219-PRO-28950841
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria