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title: "Taste Food Festival"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-034e0e"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "THE ROYAL PARKS"
published: "2022-07-05"
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# Taste Food Festival

Buyer: THE ROYAL PARKS  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-034e0e

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## Summary

The Royal Parks is currently in the award stage of the procurement process for the "Taste Food Festival," which falls under the industry category of event services. This project is located in The Regent's Park, London, and involves a 12-month contract extension to support the rescheduling of a previously cancelled food festival due to COVID-19. The contract's value is approximately £2,999,774, and the intended extension begins on 11 August 2022, with a new expiry date set for 30 September 2023. The procurement method employed is a limited procedure, meaning there was no prior publication of a call for competition.

This procurement presents a significant opportunity for businesses in the event services industry, particularly those specialising in food festivals, catering, and event management. Companies with the capacity to deliver large-scale public events and a strong understanding of the unique challenges posed by the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 will be well-suited to compete in the upcoming procurement for the five-year contract expected to be tendered in late 2022. This is an ideal chance for growth, especially for suppliers looking to engage with public sector contracts within the dynamic environment of London’s cultural and recreational events.

## Notice

A 12-month extension to TRP's existing contract to allow the rescheduled delivery of the food festival held in The Regent's Park known as "Taste" due to the impact of Force Majeure, while TRP runs a procurement for a five (5) year contract for the delivery of the events from 2024 onwards.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This notice is published on a voluntary basis notwithstanding that neither the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 nor the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) are applicable. The Royal Parks ("TRP") publishes this notice to record its intention to modify its contract for the delivery of the food festival held in The Regent's Park known as "Taste", by extending its expiry date for 12 months to 30 September 2023. This is required in order to support the rescheduling of the event which was to be held in 2020 but which was cancelled due to the impact of COVID-19. COVID-19 is considered a Force Majeure Event under the contract and the associated provisions require the parties to use their reasonable endeavours to reschedule any event cancelled due to the occurrence of Force Majeure. Due to the unforeseeable impact of COVID-19 (both up to the present time and beyond) and the associated effects on events, TRP would also not have sufficient time to begin a procurement exercise to allow its completion by a date which would provide an adequate mobilisation period for an event to be held in 2023. TRP intends to run a procurement exercise for a five (5) year contract to deliver the events from and including 2024 onwards, with the associated invitation to tender to be issued in late 2022. TRP believes that this modification would, in any event, be permissible under Regulation 43(1)(c) of the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (were those Regulations to be applicable) as: (i) the need for this modification has been brought about by circumstances which it could not have foreseen; (ii) the modification does not alter the overall nature of the contract; and (iii) the associated increase in value does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract.

### Procurement Information

On the basis of legal advice taken by TRP, it is clear that neither the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 nor the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 apply to its procurement exercise given the nature of the contract awarded. This notice is, however, published for the purposes of transparency only, in order to align to the general principles applicable to cases where those Regulations would be applicable.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018278-2022 |
| 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 | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 5 Jul 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 4 Jul 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 | £2,999,774 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE ROYAL PARKS |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | West London |
| Postcode | W2 2UH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | Hyde Park |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | TLI London |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | TASTE FESTIVALS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79952000 - Event services

## Release History

- 5 Jul 2022 at 11:53 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018278-2022

## Notice URLs

- https://www.royalparks.org.uk/
- https://www.royalparks.org.uk/about-us/procurement

## Provenance

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