Notice Information
Notice Title
Leeds West Indian Carnival and Black Music Festival
Notice Description
The provision of the production and security for Leeds West Indian Carnival and Black Music Festival
Procurement Information
The justification is based on section 41 and paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023, which outlines that a direct award of a public contract is permissible: (a) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can provide the required goods, services, or works, and (b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services, or works.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-055546
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/049864-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
75 - Administration, defence and social security services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
75241000 - Public security services
79415000 - Production management consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £380,000 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- £355,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 19 Aug 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 27 Jun 20258 months ago
- Contract Period
- 22 Jul 2025 - 30 Nov 2025 1-6 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LEEDS CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- businessprofessionalservices@leeds.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LEEDS
- Postcode
- LS1 1UR
- Post Town
- Leeds
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE4 West Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE42 Leeds
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Leeds
- Electoral Ward
- Little London & Woodhouse
- Westminster Constituency
- Leeds Central and Headingley
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/049864-2025
19th August 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036522-2025
1st July 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035834-2025
27th June 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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