Notice Information
Notice Title
External Venue Hire for Exams 2024-25
Notice Description
Cardiff University require the hire of external venues to hold exams for our students, which involves specific styles of rooms and spaces that can hold a large capacity. The Exam and Timetabling team look at booking rooms internally at Cardiff University as well as external venues. Local external venues are approached year on year to identify availability and capacity requirements for the following exam periods: - Autumn - 13th - 24th January 2025 (includes Saturdays) - Spring - 12th May - 13th June 2025(includes Saturdays) - Resits - 11th August - 22nd August 2025 (includes Saturdays)
Procurement Information
There are very limited spaces of this size within Cardiff on the required dates.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-055e32
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/039499-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award 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
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
70 - Real estate services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
70220000 - Non-residential property renting or leasing services
79952000 - Event services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £401,190 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 14 Jul 20257 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 13 Jul 20257 months 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 UNIVERSITY
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- piorczynskim@cardiff.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 2920879648
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CARDIFF
- Postcode
- CF24 4HQ
- 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
- Cathays
- Westminster Constituency
- Cardiff South and Penarth
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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