Published date: 21 October 2019

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 20 November 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services - 79950000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£2,500,000

Procurement reference

TU021-Graduation Ceremonies

Published date

21 October 2019

Closing date

20 November 2019

Contract start date

14 April 2022

Contract end date

13 April 2027

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)

Anyone may ask to participate, but only those who are pre-selected will be invited to submit initial tenders and to negotiate.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Birmingham City University (BCU) requires the provision of Venue(s) and associated services to host the graduation ceremonies from 2023 until 2027, an overview of this is as follows:

• 10 - 14 graduation ceremonies held each year on 7 non-consecutive days in January and July
• There are 2 ceremonies held each day
• Each ceremony held will attract up to 700 students and the room must have the capacity to accommodate a minimum of 2 guests per student at the ceremonies
• Online and offline booking facilities

The Contract to be tendered will be for a period of 3 years anticipated to commence on 14th of April 2022, and subject to satisfactory performance an option to extend for a further period of 24 months.

If you are interested on bidding for this opportunity please register onto our Birmingham City University tender portal:- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/bcu/ and submit your details to register as a bidder. We will send you a log on and password so you can download the Selection Questionnaire (SQ). If you are unable to register with in-tend please email us at procurement.tenders@bcu.ac.uk.

The Selection Questionnaire must be returned by noon on Wednesday 20th November 2019 using the Intend Portal.

For more information please contact, Osman Sharif, Category Buyer. email osman.sharif@bcu.ac.uk.

About the buyer

Contact name

Osman Sharif

Address

Joseph Priestley Building
6 Cardigan Street
BIRMINGHAM
B4 7BD
England

Email

osman.sharif@bcu.ac.uk