Official UK procurement notice
The Royal Parks Half Marathon Event Service Provider
Authority: The Royal Parks Limited (Public body)
TRP is seeking to procure a Contract for appointment of an Event Service Provider to deliver the Royal Parks Half Marathon Event . The Services are light touch services, and as such the Contract is a light touch contract for the purpose of the Act. The Event Service Provider shall have the capability to deliver a major mass-participation event and work in partnership with TRP to deliver the Event. The Event Service Provider shall deliver the Services, including the planning, design, production and operational delivery of the RPHM Event, working collaboratively with TRP to achieve the Event Vision, Event Objectives and the requirements of the Agreement.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTRP is seeking to procure a Contract for appointment of an Event Service Provider to deliver the Royal Parks Half Marathon Event . The Services are light touch services, and as such the Contract is a light touch contract for the purpose of the Act.
The Event Service Provider shall have the capability to deliver a major mass-participation event and work in partnership with TRP to deliver the Event. The RPHM Event normally takes place on the second Sunday of October. The Event Service Provider shall deliver the Services, including the planning, design, production and operational delivery of the RPHM Event, working collaboratively with TRP to achieve the Event Vision, Event Objectives and the requirements of the Agreement.
Further details of TRP’s requirements for the Services can be found in the Event Service Provider Specification on the Delta Portal (Access Code: WMMESZS6QF).
To respond to this opportunity, please click here: www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/WMMESZS6QF ↗
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at:
www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London… ↗
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
- How the procedure runs: TRP is using the Competitive Flexible Procedure to procure the Contract. TRP intends for this Procurement to consist of the following stages: Participation Stage – where Suppliers are required to submit a PSQ Response demonstrating their ability to meet the Conditions of Participation and TRP will evaluate with the view of shortlisting all Suppliers that pass the PSQ to invite to tender; and Tender Stage – where those Suppliers which are shortlisted following the conclusion of the Participation Stage will be invited to submit a Tender.
CPV: Event services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£18,000,000
What 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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Price
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £7,982,787 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How The Royal Parks Limited buys Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services (CPV 7995), and who usually turns up
The Royal Parks Limited has little published record in this market. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. 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.
i
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.
i
How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Greater London.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
i
How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 83 days of the bid deadline.
i
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.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
i
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 bid20%
2–330%
4–640%
7+10%
How did awards compare with estimates?
i
Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate33%
Within ±2%67%
Above estimate0%
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.
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.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 7995Published estimate£18m
i
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.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid17%
2–349%
4–630%
7+4%
i
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.
Based on 27 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£17m–£18m
Estimate£18m
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.
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.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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.
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.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 live · £4.9m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 39% below n=1 | |
| £35m3 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 2 live · £136m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
Arcadis UK LimitedLarge | £2.5m6 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 2 live · £2.2m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 54% below n=1 |
| £2.0m7 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 3 live · £2.4m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £2.3m5 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | 2 live · £60m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=3 |
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.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Requests to participate open
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Nov 2026, 17:25 GMT
- Last source update
- 2 Nov 2026, 17:25 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Jun 2027
- Authority reference
1013897377- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-103930- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0795feFind a Tender
- How it runs
TRP is using the Competitive Flexible Procedure to procure the Contract. TRP intends for this Procurement to consist of the following stages:
Participation Stage – where Suppliers are required to submit a PSQ Response demonstrating their ability to meet the Conditions of Participation and TRP will evaluate with the view of shortlisting all Suppliers that pass the PSQ to invite to tender; and
Tender Stage – where those Suppliers which are shortlisted following the conclusion of the Participation Stage will be invited to submit a Tender.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Delta eSourcing- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Tender submission deadline
- 30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
2 Nov 2026 → 31 Jul 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published8h ago2 Nov 2026, 17:25 GMT
- Today3 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 13 days16 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 27 days30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 239 days30 Jun 2027, 23:59 BST
- Contract startsin 269 days31 Jul 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published2 Nov 2026, 17:25 GMTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- 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
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender