Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Cardiff Metropolitan University · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Wales Millennium Centre SME
- Value
- £760,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Business services · Event services (CPV 79952000)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 036268-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Sep 2024
- Published8 Nov 2024Published 39 days after the contract date
Description
The university wishes to hire a venue for its graduation ceremonies for a three year period. The venue must be located in the city of Cardiff and needs to accommodate 1500 guests and students along with providing a range of peripheral services to support the graduation ceremonies. It must provide staging, ticketing expertise and excellent transport links for easy access.
About the supplier
Wales Millennium Centre: every public contract they have won.