Official UK procurement notice
Women's Rugby World Cup Fan Village
Authority: Sunderland City Council (Local council)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North East (UKC23)
Awarded value£90,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 15 May 2025
Awarded to AH Events Group Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvide event management, health & safety support, and all associated event infrastructure for the Women's Rugby World Cup Fan Village.
The fan zone will operate on the Thursday evening from 4pm to 11pm, Saturday 8am to 12 midnight and Saturday 9am to 5pm, with the necessary build time outside of these hours.
The External Provider will be responsible for managing and overseeing the implementation, and safe and successful running of the schedule of events, the External Provider shall secure the following:
- Staging
- Fencing
- Lighting
- Toilets
- Sound
- First aid
- Power
- Event Management
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - limited competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Jun 2025, 17:07 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Jun 2025, 17:07 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-031084- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0545adFind a Tender
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 9 Jun 2025- Contract award notice published9 Jun 2025, 17:07 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected31 Jul 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £90,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| AH Events Group LimitedSME21 Aug 2025 – 23 Aug 2025Options: The maximum cost is £90,000 which includes the cost of the event management fee, and also includes contingency arrangements, as well as securing and implementing the infrastructure which will be shared and agreed with the Council in advance. | £90,000 | 15 May 2025 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- AH Events Group LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender