Official UK procurement notice
Quality Meat Scotland - Provision of Event Management Services
Authority: Quality Meat Scotland
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionQMS seeks to appoint an event management company to provide full service event support for domestic and European shows to ensure the best possible outcome for our three industry brands: Scotch Beef GI, Scotch Lamb GI and Specially Selected Pork.
- Recurrence: 16 weeks prior to current contract ending
CPV: Event services
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
- Bids received
- 2 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£760,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Operational proposal - Royal Highland Show 2026: 50
- Operational proposal - SIAL 2026: 50
- price: 20
Published award criteria (3)
- Operational proposal - Royal Highland Show 2026: 50
- Operational proposal - SIAL 2026: 50
- Price: 20
- Price carries 20 of 120 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Quality Meat Scotland - Provision of Event Management Services” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · 16 weeks prior to current contract ending
- First published
- 31 Oct 2025, 13:41 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Mar 2026, 14:21 GMT
- Authority reference
QMS/ITT/EVENTMANAGEMENTSERVICES/2025- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-027379- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d80dFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. (SC Ref:827569)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Admission period ends
- 1 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
Timeline
1 Dec 2025 → 25 Mar 2026 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period ends326 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown1 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected317 days ago10 Dec 2025
- Notice published211 days ago25 Mar 2026, 14:21 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete25 Mar 2026, 14:21 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this dynamic market without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 027379-2026-QMS066-1
- Signed
- 24 Mar 2026
- Value
- £760,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Suppliers admitted to the dynamic market
1 commercial party on the notice- Event Exhibition LtdAdmitted to the market
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria