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title: "The Winter Festival Architectural Illuminations"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000667031"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "GLASGOW LIFE (CULTURE & SPORT GLASGOW)"
published: "2021-09-22"
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# The Winter Festival Architectural Illuminations

Buyer: GLASGOW LIFE (CULTURE & SPORT GLASGOW)  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000667031

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## Summary

The public procurement process for the "Winter Festival Architectural Illuminations" was conducted by Glasgow Life (Culture & Sport Glasgow). This procurement falls under the category of services and took place in Glasgow, UK. The procurement method used was a limited tender, justified by the specific technical expertise required and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on planning timelines. The contract was awarded on 18 August 2021, with a total value of £270,000, and it is currently marked as active.

This tender presents valuable opportunities for businesses in the fields of event production, lighting design, and public art installations, particularly those experienced in creating festive displays. Small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as organisations with a demonstrated ability to deliver large-scale projects efficiently, would be well-positioned to compete for such contracts. The emphasis on innovative and bespoke lighting solutions suggests a growing market for creative service providers within the public sector.

## Notice

The Winter Festival Architectural Lighting - provides the opportunity to showcase the city centre at Christmas to citizens and visitors alike, which supports the recovery of the sector and a creative platform which has been missing during lockdown. The Winter Festival Architectural Illuminations - the approach will see Glasgow Life engage with key events and arts organisations in the delivery of the winter proposition, which supports the recovery of the sector (subject to Government guidelines. This new approach with spectacular and bespoke lighting of the city chambers, plus 2-3 satellite sites to create a lighting trail experience to promote as part of the city's festive offer. The lighting scenes will be animated with programmed activities developed by Glasgow Life's art team.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Under Regulation 3.(1)(b)(ii) of The Public Contract (Scotland) Regulations 2015, a contracting authority may award a public contract following negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice or prior information notice based on the following justification: - where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons - competition is absent for technical reasons. And, based on building upon the legacy power and electrical installations - Reg.33.(4)(b) for additional deliveries by the original supplier which are intended either as a partial replacement of supplies or installations or as the extension of existing supplies or installations where a change of supplier would oblige the contracting authority to acquire supplies having different technical characteristics which would result in incompatibility or disproportionate technical difficulties in operation and maintenance.. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015

### Procurement Information

Based on the technical knowledge required and the impact of COVID-19 on the ability to forecast and specify contractual requirements in enough time to go to market -

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP428445 |
| 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 | 22 Sep 2021 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 18 Aug 2021 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £270,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | GLASGOW LIFE (CULTURE & SPORT GLASGOW) |
| Locality | GLASGOW |
| Post town | Glasgow |
| Postcode | G1 1LH |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM32 Glasgow City |
| Local authority | Glasgow City |
| Electoral ward | Anderston/City/Yorkhill |
| Westminster constituency | Glasgow East |
| Delivery location | TLM82 Glasgow City |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | 21CC GROUP |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 79952000 - Event services
- 98390000 - Other services

## Release History

- 22 Sep 2021 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP428445

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP428445
  The Winter Festival Architectural Illuminations - The Winter Festival Architectural Lighting - provides the opportunity to showcase the city centre at Christmas to citizens and visitors alike, which supports the recovery of the sector and a creative platform which has been missing during lockdown. The Winter Festival Architectural Illuminations - the approach will see Glasgow Life engage with key events and arts organisations in the delivery of the winter proposition, which supports the recovery of the sector (subject to Government guidelines. This new approach with spectacular and bespoke lighting of the city chambers, plus 2-3 satellite sites to create a lighting trail experience to promote as part of the city's festive offer. The lighting scenes will be animated with programmed activities developed by Glasgow Life's art team.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000667031
- https://www.sdpscotland.co.uk/

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