--- title: "Venue Hire, Graduation Ceremonies" ocid: "ocds-kuma6s-146659" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-kuma6s-146659" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-146659.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-146659.json" source: "Sell2Wales" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY" published: "2025-03-05" --- # Venue Hire, Graduation Ceremonies Buyer: CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-kuma6s-146659 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-kuma6s-146659) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-146659.json) ## Summary Cardiff Metropolitan University has concluded the procurement process for hiring a venue for their graduation ceremonies. The procurement process, categorised under educational services, was carried out through a direct award to the Wales Millennium Centre, located in Cardiff, UK. The tender process began with a VEAT notice published on 8th November 2024, followed by a standstill period, and culminated with a contract signing on 10th December 2024. This process ensured the award without prior publication of a call for competition due to the unique requirements that only the Wales Millennium Centre could meet. The procurement method was classified as 'limited' with a total contract value of GBP 760,000. This contract presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in event management, venue services, and related industries. The decision to award the contract to a culturally iconic and technically proficient venue like the Wales Millennium Centre highlights the importance of offering specialized and high-quality services. Businesses that can provide unique venue experiences, comprehensive event support, and technical expertise in large-scale ceremonies would be well-suited to explore similar opportunities for collaboration with academic institutions and other large organisations. ## Notice Hire of a venue for the university's graduation ceremonies. ### Lot Information Lot 1 A venue was sought to host the university's graduation ceremonies. ### Procurement Information No other suitable venue available for hire met the university's needs within Cardiff. Therefore, the services can only be supplied by this particular economic operator for the following reasons; As a modern metropolitan university located in the city of Cardiff, we required a venue that is based in the city itself, one that is iconic both in Wales and beyond its borders. One that is culturally unique, demonstrating Welsh heritage and architecture yet which is also internationally recognisable for our students and their families and invited guests. The venue must support local communities and share the values of the university, it must provide a unique cultural experience for students, their families and supporters. The location must provide staging, separate spaces for gowning and photography and provide circulation space for up to a thousand guests and five hundred students. It must provide additional seated space for streaming of the ceremonies to accommodate extended family members who are unable to be seated in the actual ceremony itself. The venue must provide ticketing expertise and technical assistance, easy accessibility for guests, good transportation links, excellent acoustics, a central city centre location, operational space for university staff working at the venue along with proximity to restaurants and catering facilities. No other venue in Cardiff meets all of the requirements listed. A VEAT notice (Nov494402) was published on Sell2Wales on the 8th November 2024 and following a standstill period which passed without challenge, the university has now formally contracted with the Wales Millennium Centre. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Sell2Wales | | Latest notice | https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=146659 | | Notice type | OJEU - F3 - Contract 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 | SME | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 5 Mar 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 10 Dec 2024 | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | £760,000 | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Complete | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Active | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY | | Locality | CARDIFF | | Post town | Cardiff | | Postcode | CF5 2YB | | Country | Wales | | ITL 1 | TLL Wales | | ITL 2 | TLL5 South East Wales | | ITL 3 | TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan | | Local authority | Cardiff | | Electoral ward | Llandaff | | Westminster constituency | Cardiff West | | Delivery location | TLL22 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | WALES MILLENNIUM CENTRE | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 79950000 - Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services - 79952000 - Event services ## Release History - 5 Mar 2025 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=146659 ## Documents - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR500871 Venue Hire, Graduation Ceremonies - Hire of a venue for the university's graduation ceremonies. ## Notice URLs - http://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/procurement/ - https://api.sell2wales.gov.wales/v1?lang=cy/Notice?id=ocds-kuma6s-146659 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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