---
title: "Project Management - Graduation"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0787c9"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA"
published: "2026-10-14"
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# Project Management - Graduation

Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0787c9

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## Summary

The University of East Anglia engaged a supplier for project and production management of its graduation events, including the principal designer role under construction, design and management regulations. The work covers selecting and managing the core production team, event design and scheduling, budgeting, health and safety, and helping the university select other suppliers. This is event-management and production-management work for a university graduation programme, with delivery in Norwich. The requirement brings together event planning and operational coordination with management of safety and production arrangements. It is relevant to event-production and project-management businesses with experience organising graduation events or comparable large institutional events.

The procurement is complete and the contract has been awarded to Hickman and Grange. The University of East Anglia used a limited competition under the Light Touch Regime, below the applicable procurement threshold, for a single lot. The contract was signed on 9 October 2026 and runs from 12 October 2026 to 11 October 2028, with an optional one-year extension at the university’s discretion, to a maximum end date of 11 October 2029. The contract value is £610,000 including VAT. The published award information identifies the successful supplier but does not state the evaluation criteria or their weighting.

This award shows demand for an integrated graduation-events partner able to manage both the event programme and its production delivery for a university. A credible competitor would need to coordinate event design and scheduling, manage a core production team, control budgets, and support the selection and coordination of other suppliers. The principal designer responsibility under construction, design and management regulations also makes practical health-and-safety capability important, alongside the ability to manage event-production risks and work effectively with the university. The requirement suits an event or production-management business with enough capacity to oversee multiple delivery workstreams and supplier relationships, rather than a supplier offering only a discrete event service. Experience with graduation or similarly complex institutional events would be directly relevant.

## Notice

Under CDM regulations, Project Management, Production Management and Principal Designer for UEA graduation events. Scope includes selection, management and costs of core production team, Event Design and Scheduling, Budgeting, Health & Safety and assisting in supplier selection. This is a below threshold, LTR (Light Touch Regime) procurement.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097113-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - limited competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 12 Oct 2026 - 11 Oct 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £610,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA |
| Locality | NORWICH |
| Postcode area | Norwich |
| Postcode | NR4 7TJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH5 Norfolk |
| ITL 3 | TLH51 Norwich and East Norfolk |
| Local authority | Norwich |
| Electoral ward | University |
| Westminster constituency | Norwich South |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Hickman and Grange |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79952000 - Event services

## Release History

- 14 Oct 2026 at 15:10 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097113-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097113-2026
  14th October 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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