Official UK procurement notice
Supplier Engagement - Christmas Event at Tonbridge Castle
Authority: Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTonbridge & Malling Borough Councill (TMBC) is looking for event companies/organisations to run a Christmas attraction at Tonbridge Castle (the grounds, centring on the Bailey Lawn). The Bailey Lawn has a capacity of 1,800 people, at any one time.
At this stage the Council is undecided about how best to deliver this contract and is engaging with the market to explore options and gauge the current market interest.
Site visits can be arranged on Thursday 20th and Friday 21st March 2025 for organisers to review the site should they wish to. Please use the messaging system on Kent Business Portal to request a site visit.
All submissions must be made via the ‘Messaging’ section of the Kent Business Portal. Submissions must be submitted by Friday 4th March 2025.
CPV: Recreational, cultural and sporting services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- 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
- 10 Mar 2025, 13:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Mar 2025, 13:45 GMT
- Authority reference
Tonbridge Castle Christmas Event- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-008534- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04eb04Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
10 Mar 2025 → 1 Nov 2025 · 3 dates- Planning notice published10 Mar 2025, 13:45 GMT
- Market engagement5 Apr 2025, 00:59 BST
Tonbridge & Malling Borough Councill (TMBC) is looking for event companies/organisations to run a Christmas attraction at Tonbridge Castle (the grounds, centring on the Bailey Lawn). The Bailey Lawn has a capacity of 1,800 people, at any one time.
Tonbridge Castle is looking to hold an attraction on the bailey lawn that will have the key elements of Food, Drink, some shopping and a key attraction to entice people to visit.
At this stage the Council is undecided about how best to deliver this contract and is engaging with the market to explore options and gauge the current market interest.
All submissions must be made via the ‘Messaging’ section of the Kent Business Portal. Submissions must be submitted by Friday 4th March 2025.
- Contract starts361 days ago1 Nov 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published10 Mar 2025, 13:45 GMTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender