Notice Information
Notice Title
Venue Hire, Graduation Ceremonies
Notice Description
Hire of a venue for the university's graduation ceremonies.
Lot Information
Lot 1
A venue was sought to host the university's graduation ceremonies.
Procurement Information
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;
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04b51e
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008074-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79950000 - Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services
79952000 - Event services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £760,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Mar 202511 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 29 Sep 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- purchasing@cardiffmet.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 2920417310
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CARDIFF
- Postcode
- CF5 2YB
- Post Town
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
- Delivery Location
- TLL22 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
-
- Local Authority
- Cardiff
- Electoral Ward
- Llandaff
- Westminster Constituency
- Cardiff West
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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