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Tender for Graduation Service Venue Hire

Event services
West Midlands (UKG31)
Official notice
Published value
£6,000,000
Submission deadline 17 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Birmingham City University: "Tender for Graduation Service Venue Hire". Published status: active. Published value: £6,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityBirmingham City UniversityScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Closed
17 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£6,000,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Birmingham City University
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Published history for Birmingham City University. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
Not availableNo published reports
Bid counts are not published for this buyer
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Beckman Coulter LimitedTop vendor: 100% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 1 active published awards; 0 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Beckman Coulter Limited1 win£138,317
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityBirmingham City University
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusactive
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published16 Jun 2026, 10:22 BST
Last source update16 Jun 2026, 10:22 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationEvent services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG31)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06b49d
What is being bought
The graduation ceremonies involved for this tender are from July 2028 to January 2033. Graduation ceremonies are held twice a year: January and July. There are 9 ceremonies in January over 3 days and 15 ceremonies in July over 5 days. Each ceremony has up to 620 students graduating with 2 guests per student. The venue selected must be within a 7.5-mile radius from the city centre campus - B4 7BD. The tender includes venue hire and services and catering for BCU staff, graduates and guests. Access to the tenderbox is: RY2MQUTV38
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    16 Jun 2026, 10:22 BST
  2. tender value changed
    15 Jun 2026, 09:42 BST
  3. Status changed to active
    15 Jun 2026, 09:42 BST
  4. Official notice release published
    15 Jun 2026, 09:42 BST
  5. Submission deadline changed to 17 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
    15 Jun 2026, 09:42 BST
  6. Buyer information updated
    15 Jun 2026, 09:42 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    active
    Published value£6,000,000
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    16 Jun 2026, 10:22 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    17 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Birmingham City University

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PMDM-3781-JGCD
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  • Birmingham City University
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PMDM-3781-JGCD
    Joseph Priestley Building, Cardigan Street, Birmignham, UKG31, B4 7BD, GB
    procurement@bcu.ac.uk
    01213317677
Documents (2)
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