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title: "Glasgow Life and British Cycling - 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03127e"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "GLASGOW LIFE (CULTURE & SPORT GLASGOW)"
published: "2022-02-02"
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# Glasgow Life and British Cycling - 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships

Buyer: GLASGOW LIFE (CULTURE & SPORT GLASGOW)  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03127e

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## Summary

The procurement process involves Glasgow Life (Culture & Sport Glasgow), seeking to engage British Cycling for a co-operation contract in relation to the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships to be hosted in Glasgow. The contract, estimated at £2,500,000, is currently in the award stage following a tender initiated on 10 January 2022, with the contract award notice published on 2 February 2022. The procurement method used was negotiated without prior publication, citing technical reasons preventing competition. The location for the delivery of services is the City of Glasgow, falling under the event services industry category.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in event management, sports promotion, and cultural activities, particularly those that can offer supplementary services to support British Cycling’s execution of the Championships. Companies that can provide robust operational support and innovative solutions for high-profile sporting events should consider positioning themselves as potential subcontractors, as British Cycling is anticipated to engage additional suppliers for various activities related to the Championships.

## Notice

This Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency (VEAT) notice relates to Glasgow Life's intention to enter into a co-operation contract with British Cycling in connection with the hosting responsibilities for the delivery of the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow. Glasgow City Council and Glasgow Life are strategic public sector partners in the bid for and the hosting of the Championships and will co-operate with British Cycling in the delivery of certain aspects of the sport competition management of the sporting competition to be held in Glasgow.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Glasgow Life have operational responsibility to deliver a number of world championships in Glasgow as part of the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships. This has been agreed with 2023 Cycling Worlds Ltd, the company set up to manage the overall delivery of Scotland's hosting of the inaugural UCI Cycling World Championships in 2023 (the Championships).Glasgow Life intends to enter into a co-operation contract with British Cycling in connection with the sport competition delivery for 5 world championships. The contract will set out the terms on which Glasgow Life will co-operate with British Cycling in connection with the organisation and staging of the world championship disciplines.

### Procurement Information

It has been determined that the appropriate route to market for this requirement is the use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication in accordance with The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, Regulation 33 - Use of the Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication; - (1) A contracting authority may award a public contract following negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice or prior information notice in any of the following cases - b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons - (ii) competition is absent for technical reasons. British Cycling are the only UK Federation for Cycling.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003044-2022 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Negotiated without publication of a contract notice |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 Feb 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 10 Jan 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £2,500,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| 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 | BRITISH CYCLING FEDERATION |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79952000 - Event services
- 79952100 - Cultural event organisation services
- 92621000 - Sports-event promotion services
- 92622000 - Sports-event organisation services

## Release History

- 2 Feb 2022 at 16:45 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003044-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000681484
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=681484
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10287

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