Notice Information
Notice Title
Event & Stand Management Services - UK & Europe
Notice Description
VisitScotland is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified supplier for the provision of Event Staging and Management Services for Business Events in the UK & European markets
Lot Information
Lot 1
VisitScotland is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified supplier for the provision of Event Staging and Management Services for Business Events in the UK and European market.
Renewal: the initial contract period will be 36 months with the option to extend by a further 24 months.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000692910
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC546281
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79952000 - Event services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,840,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,215,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 23 Dec 20252 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 9 Jun 2022Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 11 Aug 20223 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- 60 months
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- VISITSCOTLAND
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- kirsty.strowes@visitscotland.com
- Contact Phone
- +44 1314722222
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH6 6JH
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM13 City of Edinburgh
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Electoral Ward
- City Centre
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAY448055&idx=8
30th May 2022 - Scotland is Calling Phase 2 Guidelines -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAY448055&idx=2
18th May 2022 - VSEH22013 - Schedule 1 - Statement of Requirement (SOR) -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAY448055&idx=7
18th May 2022 - VSEH22013 - Schedule 1 - Statement of Requirement (SOR) 1.0 -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAY448055&idx=4
18th May 2022 - VSEH22013 Schedule 3 - Pricing Schedule -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAY448055&idx=6
18th May 2022 - VSEH22013 Schedule 3 - Pricing Schedule 1.0 -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAY448055&idx=3
11th May 2022 - VSEH22013 Schedule 2 - SPD (Scotland) -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAY448055&idx=5
11th May 2022 - VSEH22013 Schedule 4 - Form of Contract -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAY448055&idx=1
11th May 2022 - VSEH22013 - Invitation To Tender (ITT) -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY448055
Event & Stand Management Services - UK & Europe - VisitScotland is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified supplier for the provision of Event Staging and Management Services for Business Events in the UK & European markets -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC546281
Event & Stand Management Services - UK & Europe - VisitScotland is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified supplier for the provision of Event Staging and Management Services for Business Events in the UK & European markets
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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