Notice Information
Notice Title
The Meadows and Inverleith Park Summer Events
Notice Description
The City of Edinburgh Council (the "Council") awarded a Concession contract for the summer events held at The Meadows and Inverleith Park. The Council appointed an events management Contractor(s) to provide a range of leisure events that have a focus on culture, food, drink and live performing arts. The Contractor(s) shall pay a fixed fee rental to the Council and each site shall be subject to a reinstatement bond. It is expected that the new Concession contract shall operate from August 2025 for a period of three years with the option (at the Council's discretion) to extend for a further two periods of one year each.
Lot Information
The Meadows
A ticketed venue for either a cultural, theatre or live performing arts event or events on the Meadows for up to 23 days in August (23 performance days excludes build / strike). Please refer to Lot 1 Specification for details in full.. This is a Contract Award Notice for Lot 1 The Meadows.
Renewal: It is the intention of the Council that any Contract resulting from this ITT will commence January 2025 for a period of three years with two optional 12-month extensions (3 + 1 + 1), undertaken at the sole discretion of the Council.
Inverleith ParkA ticketed venue for either, a cultural, food, drink, or live performing arts event or events on Inverleith Park for up to 3 days in August (3 performance days excludes build/strike).. This is a Contract Award Notice for Lot 2 Inverleith Park
Renewal: It is the intention of the Council that any Contract resulting from this ITT will commence January 2025 for a period of three years with two optional 12-month extensions (3 + 1 + 1), undertaken at the sole discretion of the Council.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000774155
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR526875
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- 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
79952000 - Event services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £524,224 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 26 Mar 202511 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 11 Dec 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 7 Oct 2024Expired
- Award Date
- 27 Feb 202512 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Early 2029
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Nick McIntosh
- Contact Email
- aga.wieczorkiewicz@edinburgh.gov.uk, nick.mcintosh@edinburgh.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1314693922
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH8 8BG
- 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
- TLM75 City of Edinburgh
-
- Local Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Electoral Ward
- City Centre
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG511241
The Meadows and Inverleith Park Summer Events - The purpose of this notice is to inform the market of the intention of the City of Edinburgh Council (the "Council") to tender a Concession contract for the summer events held at The Meadows and Inverleith Park. The Council's aim is to appoint an events management Contractor(s) to provide a range of leisure events that have a focus on culture, food, drink and live performing arts. The Contractor(s) shall pay a fixed fee rental to the Council and each site shall be subject to a reinstatement bond. It is expected that the new Concession contract shall operate from August 2025 for a period of three years with the option (at the Council's discretion) to extend for a further two periods of one year each. -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV518105
The Meadows and Inverleith Park Summer Events - The City of Edinburgh Council (the "Council") requires a Concession contract for the summer events held at The Meadows and Inverleith Park. The Council's aim is to appoint an events management Contractor(s) to provide a range of leisure events that have a focus on culture, food, drink and live performing arts. The Contractor(s) shall pay a fixed fee rental to the Council and each site shall be subject to a reinstatement bond. It is expected that the new Concession contract shall operate from August 2025 for a period of three years with the option (at the Council's discretion) to extend for a further two periods of one year each. -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR526875
The Meadows and Inverleith Park Summer Events - The City of Edinburgh Council (the "Council") awarded a Concession contract for the summer events held at The Meadows and Inverleith Park. The Council appointed an events management Contractor(s) to provide a range of leisure events that have a focus on culture, food, drink and live performing arts. The Contractor(s) shall pay a fixed fee rental to the Council and each site shall be subject to a reinstatement bond. It is expected that the new Concession contract shall operate from August 2025 for a period of three years with the option (at the Council's discretion) to extend for a further two periods of one year each.
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