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title: "Soft Market Testing (SMT) - Tower Bridge Events Management"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03a615"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "THE MAYOR AND COMMONALTY AND CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF LONDON"
published: "2023-02-16"
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# Soft Market Testing (SMT) - Tower Bridge Events Management

Buyer: THE MAYOR AND COMMONALTY AND CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF LONDON  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03a615

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## Summary

The City of London Corporation is conducting a Soft Market Testing exercise for a new Tower Bridge Events Management Contract. Interested organisations must submit their SMT questionnaire by 3 March 2023 through the capitalesourcing portal. Participation in the SMT will not restrict future procurement opportunities, and no advantage will be given based on SMT responses. The buying organisation is The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London, a Regional or local authority. The procurement is categorized under Event services, with the main procurement category as services.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses in the event services industry to potentially secure a future procurement contract with the City of London Corporation. Companies offering event management services could benefit from participating in this Soft Market Testing exercise to provide input on packaging and scoping future procurement opportunities for the Tower Bridge Events Management contract. Business organisations based in the UK or dealing with UK events are well-suited to compete in this procurement process, which is currently in the planning stage with a future notice date set for 5 June 2023.

## Notice

This is a soft market testing exercise in relation to an upcoming requirement the City of London Corporation (the City) has for a new Tower Bridge Events Management Contract. The soft market testing will involve the submission of the SMT questionnaire to be received by 17:00 on 3 March 2023 via the capitalesourcing portal (www.capitalesourcing.com) If your organisation would like to participate in this soft market testing exercise, it can do so by downloading, completing and returning the SMT Questionnaire which can be found on the City's eProcurement portal at: www.capitalesourcing.com, refer to the Reference number: prj_COL_21716 or itt_COL_16794. The City will not be held accountable for any errors made by an organisation in submitting their applicable SMT Questionnaire(s). Participation or non-participation in the SMT shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the SMT shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participants will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to the SMT or failure to attend any follow up interviews that may be arranged at the absolute discretion of the City. Participation in this SMT will be at each organisation's own cost. No expense in responding to this SMT will be reimbursed by the City.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

SMT in this case is where the CoL, is at an early stage in development of its proposals but prior to formulating any formal procurement opportunity, it seeks input from the market as to what might be the most attractive way of packaging and scoping a future procurement opportunity for Tower Bridge Events Management contract.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004736-2023 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 16 Feb 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 4 Jun 2023 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE MAYOR AND COMMONALTY AND CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF LONDON |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | Central London |
| Postcode | EC2P 2EJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI43 Haringey and Islington |
| Local authority | Islington |
| Electoral ward | Clerkenwell |
| Westminster constituency | Islington South and Finsbury |
| Delivery location | TLI London |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79952000 - Event services

## Release History

- 16 Feb 2023 at 11:14 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004736-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk

## Provenance

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