Find a TenderAwarded without competition

Published 8 Nov 2024, 14:01 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Venue Hire, Graduation Ceremonies

Official notice

Authority: Cardiff Metropolitan University (Education)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Wales (UKL22)

Awarded value£760,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 10 Dec 2024no call for competition

Awarded to Wales Millennium Centre2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Hire of a venue for the university's graduation ceremonies.

CPV: Event services · Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1A venue was sought to host the university's graduation ceremoniesAwarded

Delivery: Wales

79952000 Event services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 8 Nov 2024, 14:01 GMT
Last source update: 5 Mar 2025, 14:59 GMT
Authority reference: ITT/24/25
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-008074
Classification (CPV): Event servicesExhibition, fair and congress organisation services
Delivery area: Wales (UKL22)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04b51e Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: No other suitable venue available for hire met the university's needs within Cardiff. Therefore, the services can only be supplied by this particular economic operator for the following reasons;

Publisher note: (WA Ref:146659)

Notice history

3 releases on Find a Tender

Published amendments (1)

Date of conclusion of contract The date of the conclusion of the contract will be the 11th December 2024

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £760,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 11 from SMEs

Contracts signed 2latest 10 Dec 2024

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Wales Millennium CentreSME	£760,000 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
Wales Millennium CentreSME	£760,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 008074-2025-ITT/24/25-1 · Wales Millennium CentreSME
Signed
10 Dec 2024
Value
£760,000
Status
active
Contract 036268-2024-ITT/24/25-1 · Wales Millennium CentreSME
Signed
30 Sept 2024
Value
£760,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 0 electronic	1	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Cardiff Metropolitan University

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Llandaff campus, Western Avenue, Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales, CF5 2YBContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High CourtReview body LondonContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Wales Millennium CentreAwarded supplier Bute Place, Cardiff, UK, CF105ALContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.