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title: "The Winter Festival Architectural Illuminations"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "GLASGOW LIFE (CULTURE & SPORT GLASGOW)"
published: "2021-09-22"
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# The Winter Festival Architectural Illuminations

Buyer: GLASGOW LIFE (CULTURE & SPORT GLASGOW)  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02e3a6

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## Summary

The public procurement process pertains to a project titled "The Winter Festival Architectural Illuminations," initiated by Glasgow Life (Culture & Sport Glasgow), a body governed by public law located in Glasgow, UK. This initiative is classified under the industry category of 'Other services,' aimed at showcasing the city centre during the winter festival. The procurement method used is a limited award procedure, which was undertaken without prior publication due to the technical requirements necessitated by the project. The contract was signed on 18th August 2021, with a total value of £270,000 and was successfully awarded, marking the completion of the tender stage.

This tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses, particularly those involved in event services and technical installations, to secure a contract that focuses on creative and impactful festive displays. Companies with expertise in lighting design and installation, especially those familiar with working in urban environments, would find this tender particularly relevant. The support of the Supplier Development Programme (SDP) could also benefit small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that may be new to tendering processes, enabling them to enhance their capabilities for future public sector contracts.

## Notice

The Winter Festival Architectural Lighting - provides the opportunity to showcase the city centre at Christmas to citizens and visitors alike, which supports the recovery of the sector and a creative platform which has been missing during lockdown. The Winter Festival Architectural Illuminations - the approach will see Glasgow Life engage with key events and arts organisations in the delivery of the winter proposition, which supports the recovery of the sector (subject to Government guidelines. This new approach with spectacular and bespoke lighting of the city chambers, plus 2-3 satellite sites to create a lighting trail experience to promote as part of the city's festive offer. The lighting scenes will be animated with programmed activities developed by Glasgow Life's art team.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Under Regulation 3.(1)(b)(ii) of The Public Contract (Scotland) Regulations 2015, a contracting authority may award a public contract following negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice or prior information notice based on the following justification: - where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons - competition is absent for technical reasons. And, based on building upon the legacy power and electrical installations - Reg.33.(4)(b) for additional deliveries by the original supplier which are intended either as a partial replacement of supplies or installations or as the extension of existing supplies or installations where a change of supplier would oblige the contracting authority to acquire supplies having different technical characteristics which would result in incompatibility or disproportionate technical difficulties in operation and maintenance. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015

### Procurement Information

Based on the technical knowledge required and the impact of COVID-19 on the ability to forecast and specify contractual requirements in enough time to go to market -

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023603-2021 |
| 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 | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 22 Sep 2021 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 17 Aug 2021 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £270,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | GLASGOW LIFE (CULTURE & SPORT GLASGOW) |
| Locality | GLASGOW |
| Post town | Glasgow |
| Postcode | G1 1LH |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM32 Glasgow City |
| Local authority | Glasgow City |
| Electoral ward | Anderston/City/Yorkhill |
| Westminster constituency | Glasgow East |
| Delivery location | TLM82 Glasgow City |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | 21CC GROUP |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 79952000 - Event services
- 98390000 - Other services

## Release History

- 22 Sep 2021 at 15:35 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023603-2021

## Notice URLs

- http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk
- http://www.scotscourts.gov.uk
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10287
- https://www.sdpscotland.co.uk/

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