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title: "RBGKEW1032 - Kew Summer Festival 2023 - 2025"
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# RBGKEW1032 - Kew Summer Festival 2023 - 2025

Buyer: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f6266a2c-8dc3-45e8-8986-453f184ce999

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## Summary

The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew is seeking an organisation to produce the 'Kew Summer Festival' event for the period 2023-2025. This concession contract, with a value of £1,500,000, falls under the CPV categories of Event services, Festival organisation services, and Entertainment services. The procurement method is an Other - Restricted Procedure Concession Below Threshold. The tender period ends on 16th March 2022, with the contract period starting on 1st August 2022 and ending on 31st October 2025.

This opportunity to produce the Kew Summer Festival can provide growth prospects for businesses in event management, entertainment, and festival organisation services. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) would be well-suited to compete for this contract, considering the nature of the event and the scope of services required. The buying organisation, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, is actively seeking innovative suppliers to enhance the music concert series and bring a fresh perspective to the festival, offering a lucrative income opportunity for the successful supplier.

## Notice

RBG Kew Enterprises (Enterprises) is looking for an organisation to produce a new event - 'Kew Summer Festival' - which will incorporate our current music concert series - Kew the Music giving it a fresh new look and feel. This is a concession contract that will generate income for RBG Kew and the successful supplier. To apply please follow the following steps: - Go to https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html - Click on 'View Current Opportunities' - Scroll the list to find 'RBGKEW1032 - Kew Summer Festival' (the list is ordered by closing date - for this EOI it is 16/03/2022) - Click on the opportunity title - Follow the instructions for creating an account and registering your interest to access the EOI documents Email applications will not be accepted. All submissions must be via the tendering portal

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c5614125-6da5-4c5f-9c6e-e53db054e14a |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Other - Restricted Procedure Concession Below Threshold |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 9 Aug 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 16 Mar 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Aug 2022 |
| Contract period | 31 Aug 2022 - 30 Nov 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,500,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £1,500,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW |
| Additional buyers | ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW |
| Locality | RICHMOND |
| Post town | Twickenham |
| Postcode | TW9 3AE |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI7 Outer London - West and North West |
| ITL 3 | TLI75 Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames |
| Local authority | Richmond upon Thames |
| Electoral ward | Kew |
| Westminster constituency | Richmond Park |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 3 |
| Supplier names | KILIMANJARO LIVE; RAYMOND GUBBAY; SENBLA |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services

### Codes

- 79952000 - Event services
- 79953000 - Festival organisation services
- 92300000 - Entertainment services

## Release History

- 9 Aug 2022 at 11:00 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c5614125-6da5-4c5f-9c6e-e53db054e14a
- 10 Feb 2022 at 14:13 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a3fd271e-f1b1-4ef6-9d65-48df77f2772a
- 9 Feb 2022 at 20:39 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a3fd271e-f1b1-4ef6-9d65-48df77f2772a

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c5614125-6da5-4c5f-9c6e-e53db054e14a
  9th August 2022 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a3fd271e-f1b1-4ef6-9d65-48df77f2772a
  10th February 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
  To apply use this link to go to our tendering portal
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/9045ff20-da5c-4995-9807-b59657ad4415
  Specification of Requirements - Kew Summer Festival

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