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title: "Event Services and Equipment Hire (Flexible Purchasing System)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-051cf3"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL"
published: "2025-05-22"
---

# Event Services and Equipment Hire (Flexible Purchasing System)

Buyer: LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-051cf3

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## Summary

Liverpool City Council is in the planning stage of a procurement process for establishing a Flexible Purchasing System (FPS) for event services and equipment hire, under the legal framework of the UK's 2023/54 Act. This initiative, titled "Event Services and Equipment Hire (Flexible Purchasing System)," falls within the services industry category and aims to secure infrastructure for Culture Liverpool's Major Outdoor events and Cultural programme. Key timelines include the future notice date set for 1st September 2025, with the contract period planned from 31st December 2025 to 31st December 2033. The council is located in Liverpool, UK, at the Cunard Building, L3 1DS, and it regularly contacts potential suppliers through their email: commercialprocurement@liverpool.gov.uk.

This procurement presents significant business opportunities for companies specialising in event services and infrastructure supply. With an estimated valuation of £2 million per annum over an eight-year cycle, it offers a steady stream of projects for businesses able to meet the flexible purchasing system's requirements. Companies with existing framework agreements or those capable of adapting to the light-touch procurement regime would be well-placed to compete. This tender caters particularly to those adept in delivering large-scale event logistics and equipment, paving the way for consistent business growth and engagement with Liverpool's cultural initiatives.

## Notice

Culture Liverpool delivers the Major Outdoor events and Cultural programme for Liverpool City Council and is seeking permission to commence procurement processes for a new flexible purchasing system (FPS) for infrastructure and suppliers for Culture Liverpool, in order to provisionally secure all of the key infrastructure required to deliver the Events programme, as identified in the planning stages. This is not a financial commitment to procure but a request to put the mechanism in place (FPS), so when budgets are confirmed year on year, the Culture team can then procure the required infrastructure. This would be an FPS for the next 8 years. The value of the contract is based on an average spend of PS2million per annum, basing this FPS as having an 8 year cycle at present.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024579-2025 |
| Notice type | UK1 - Pipeline Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| 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 | 22 May 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 1 Sep 2025 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 31 Dec 2025 - 31 Dec 2033 |
| 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 | LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | LIVERPOOL |
| Post town | Liverpool |
| Postcode | L3 1DS |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD7 Merseyside |
| ITL 3 | TLD72 Liverpool |
| Local authority | Liverpool |
| Electoral ward | Waterfront South |
| Westminster constituency | Liverpool Riverside |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79952000 - Event services

## Release History

- 22 May 2025 at 09:45 - Planning - UK1 - Pipeline Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024579-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024579-2025
  22nd May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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