Official UK procurement notice
The Event Management Framework 2 (EMF2)
Authority: Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Event Management Framework 2 (EMF2) is being developed by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to provide a modern, flexible, and accessible route to market for government event requirements. The framework will enable departments and arm’s-length bodies to procure specialist Tier 2 event goods and services in a consistent, structured, and efficient way.
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST:
DCMS is seeking Expressions of Interest for this opportunity. To confirm your interest, please provide the following information to [email protected]:
> Company Name
> Point of Contact
> The specific Lot(s) you are interested in bidding for
> If you are an SME (Small, Medium Sized Enterprise)
> If you have previously worked with a government or public sector organisation.
FRAMEWORK INFORMATION:
EMF2 is being procured as an Open Framework structured into the following lots:
Lot 1 - Stewarding, Crowd Management & Event Operations
Covers stewarding, crowd control, and operational staffing required to support safe and effective event delivery.
Includes:
1A Stewarding Services
1B Event Operations Staffing
Lot 2 - Security, Accreditation & Screening Services
Covers event security support functions, including access control, screening, surveillance, and accreditation systems.
Includes:
2A Accreditation & Pass Systems
2B Screening & Search Services
2C CCTV & Surveillance
2D Messaging & Public Information Systems
Lot 3 - Temporary Structures & Event Infrastructure
Covers the supply, installation, maintenance, and dismantling of temporary structures and event infrastructure.
Includes:
3A Temporary Structures
3B Marquees & Temporary Buildings
3C Staging Solutions
3D Seating & Furniture Hire
Lot 4 - Audio Visual, Broadcast & Communications
Covers audiovisual production, broadcast capability, and communications infrastructure for live, hybrid, and virtual events, including installation and ongoing technical support.
Includes:
4A Video & Display Systems
4B Audio & PA Systems
4C Lighting Systems
4D Radio & Communications
4E WiFi & Connectivity
4F Signage and Events Marketing production
Lot 5 - Utilities, Power & Engineering Services
Covers essential utilities and engineering services required for event delivery.
Includes:
5A Temporary Power
5B Portable Water Services
5C Masts & Technical Rigging
Lot 6 - Sanitation, Waste & Environmental Services
Covers welfare, sanitation, and environmental management services for events.
Includes:
6A Toilets & Sanitation
6B Waste Removal & Recycling
Lot 7 - Medical, Safety & Fire Services
Covers medical provision, site safety, and fire prevention and response services.
Includes:
7A Medical Services
7B Site Safety Services
7C Fire Safety & Protection
Lot 8 - Accessibility & Inclusion Services
Covers services that ensure events are accessible and inclusive for all audiences.
Includes:
8A BSL & Accessibility Support
8B Inclusive Communications Services
EMF2 will operate through call-offs, which may take the form of:
Further Competition - the preferred route for larger or more complex procurements
Below Threshold Procurements - in accordance with PPN 005
Direct Award - where appropriate under the framework terms
The framework will consist of a framework agreement between DCMS and appointed suppliers, supported by standardised call-off templates used between suppliers and contracting authorities for individual event requirements.
EMF2 seeks to strengthen the UK events sector, support innovation, and improve access to government supply chains for suppliers, while ensuring the delivery of high-quality, safe, and reliable event services.
For information on EMF1 please see the below notice:
CPV: Ambulance services · Architectural design services · Assembly and erection of prefabricated structures · Chemical toilets · Cleaning and sanitation services · Cleaning and sanitation services in urban or rural areas, and related services · Closed-circuit surveillance system · Commissioning of public lighting installations · Communications network · Data services · Desks and tables · Drinking water · +48 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 6 yrs · up to 8 yrs from 12 Mar 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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).
- “The Event Management Framework 2 (EMF2)” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Department for Culture, Media and Sport buys Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services (CPV 7995), and who usually turns up
Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services (CPV 7995) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
No supplier sizes published for this authority.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in Greater London.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 36 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
No awards recorded for this authority in this market.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0% / 20%
2–30% / 44%
4–60% / 10%
7+100% / 27%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Our matching links this notice to “Event Management & Delivery Framework 1 (EMF1)” of this authority, but none of the 16 panel members sit in a category matching this notice.
Lot #1CPV 7995Published estimate£31m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 118 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid7%
2–39%
4–614%
7+70%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Steer Davies & Gleave LtdEarlier contract | Event Management & Delivery Framework 1 (EMF1)started Nov 2026 | EMF1 Lot 5 - Event Assurance Services | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| DeloitteEarlier contract | Event Management & Delivery Framework 1 (EMF1)started Nov 2026 | EMF1 Lot 5 - Event Assurance Services | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| K4 GROUP SERVICES LTDEarlier contract | Event Management & Delivery Framework 1 (EMF1)started Nov 2026 | EMF1 Lot 5 - Event Assurance Services | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| The Square Metre GroupEarlier contract | Event Management & Delivery Framework 1 (EMF1)started Nov 2026 | EMF1 Lot 5 - Event Assurance Services | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
56% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
56% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (56% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Event Management & Delivery Framework 1 (EMF1), winner not published; no contract end date published.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Jun 2026, 16:43 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Jun 2026, 15:51 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-056769- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b46dFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
12 Jun 2026 → 12 Mar 2027 · 5 dates- Planning notice published130 days ago12 Jun 2026, 16:43 BST
- Latest notice published126 days ago16 Jun 2026, 15:51 BST
- Market engagement116 days ago26 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
DCMS is seeking Expressions of Interest (EoI) for this opportunity. To confirm your interest, please submit the following information to [email protected]:
> Company Name
> Point of Contact
> The specific Lot(s) you are interested in bidding for
> If you are an SME (Small, Medium Sized Enterprise)
> If you have previously worked with a government or public sector organisation.
Please reference "EMF2 - UK2 Notice Response" in the subject line of your email.
Please submit your response by close of play on 26th June 2026.
Thank you.
- Tender notice expected43 days ago7 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 142 days12 Mar 2027
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Jun 2026- Pipeline notice published12 Jun 2026, 16:43 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published16 Jun 2026, 15:51 BSTUK2
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 (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender