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Published 15 Oct 2021, 10:56 BST

Official UK procurement notice

T21/10_Provision of Marquees at ARU

Official notice

Authority: Anglia Ruskin University Higher Education Corporation (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£350,000exc. VAT5.1% above published estimate
Submissions closed 16 Nov 2021awarded 30 Jun 2022
Awarded to GL Events UK Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

ARU are seeking to appoint a supplier to become the provider for the provision of marquees and gazebos at our Cambridge, Chelmsford and Peterborough campuses.. Marquees are mainly used for our Graduation Ceremonies, Award Ceremonies, and Public Engagement events. Our Graduations run twice a year in July and November. These events are important to the University’s business so it is essential that products and services supplied to the University reflect its high standards. Throughout the academic year, a number of faculties and/or departments may have requirements for the provision of marquee hire. These requirements are classed as general hire and do not require the bespoke or niche requirements as paragraph above.

CPV: Event services · Miscellaneous structures · Tents

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1ARU are seeking to appoint a supplier to become the provider for the provision of…AwardedPublished value£350,000

ARU are seeking to appoint a supplier to become the provider for the provision of marquees and gazebos at our Cambridge, Chelmsford and Peterborough campuses.Marquees are mainly used for our Graduation Ceremonies, Award Ceremonies, and Public Engagement events. Our Graduations run twice a year in July and November. These events are important to the University’s business so it is essential that products and services supplied to the University reflect its high standards. Throughout the academic year, a number of faculties and/or departments may have requirements for the provision of marquee hire. These requirements are classed as general hire and do not require the bespoke or niche requirements as paragraph above.

Delivery: East of England · Chelmsford, Essex
Extensions: Option to extend for a further 2 years on a year by year basisVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
  • Price
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    as stated in the procurement documents

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open 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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
15 Oct 2021, 10:56 BST
Last source update
4 Jul 2022, 15:13 BST
Award evaluation window
16 Nov 2021 – …
Authority reference
T21/10
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-018186
Classification (CPV)
Event servicesMiscellaneous structuresTents
Delivery area
East of England (UKH1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ec37 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
16 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
16 Nov 2021
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

16 Nov 2021 → 4 Jul 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Bids opened
    16 Nov 2021
  2. Submission deadline
    16 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
  3. Bids must remain valid until
    17 May 2022, 23:59 BST
  4. Notice published
    4 Jul 2022, 15:13 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    4 Jul 2022, 15:13 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £367,9711 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 30 Jun 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
GL Events UK LtdSME£367,971 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 018186-2022-1 · GL Events UK LtdSME

    Signed
    30 Jun 2022
    Value
    £367,971
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Anglia Ruskin University Higher Education Corporation

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Bishop Hall Lane, Chelmsford, East of England, CM1 1SQContact email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria