Find a TenderPast planning notice
Published 16 Feb 2023, 11:14 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Soft Market Testing (SMT) - Tower Bridge Events Management

Official notice

Authority: The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London (Local council)

Services
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 5 Jun 2023from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is a soft market testing exercise in relation to an upcoming requirement the City of London Corporation (the City) has for a new Tower Bridge Events Management Contract.

The soft market testing will involve the submission of the SMT questionnaire to be received by 17:00 on 3 March 2023 via the capitalesourcing portal (www.capitalesourcing.com ↗)

If your organisation would like to participate in this soft market testing exercise, it can do so by downloading, completing and returning the SMT Questionnaire which can be found on the City's eProcurement portal at: www.capitalesourcing.com ↗, refer to the Reference number: prj_COL_21716 or itt_COL_16794.

The City will not be held accountable for any errors made by an organisation in submitting their applicable SMT Questionnaire(s).

Participation or non-participation in the SMT shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the SMT shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process.

Participants will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to the SMT or failure to attend any follow up interviews that may be arranged at the absolute discretion of the City. Participation in this SMT will be at each organisation's own cost. No expense in responding to this SMT will be reimbursed by the City.

CPV: Event services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1SMT in this case is where the CoL, is at an early stage in development of its…Planned

SMT in this case is where the CoL, is at an early stage in development of its proposals but prior to formulating any formal procurement opportunity, it seeks input from the market as to what might be the most attractive way of packaging and scoping a future procurement opportunity for Tower Bridge Events Management contract.

Delivery: London

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
16 Feb 2023, 11:14 GMT
Last source update
16 Feb 2023, 11:14 GMT
Authority reference
itt_COL_16794
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-004736
Classification (CPV)
Event services
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a615 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

16 Feb 2023 → 5 Jun 2023 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    16 Feb 2023, 11:14 GMT
  2. Tender notice expected
    5 Jun 2023, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Guildhall PO Box 270, London, London, EC2P 2EJContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.