Published date: 28 November 2022

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: 9 January 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Event services - 79952000

Location of contract

CV4 8UW

Value of contract

£300,000 to £525,000

Procurement reference

IT-25-2883-DC-11-2022-GradEvents-CH

Published date

28 November 2022

Closing date

9 January 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 July 2023

Contract end date

1 August 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The University of Warwick is reviewing its approach to traditional graduation ceremonies following the successful delivery of 'Warwick Celebrates', held in July 2022 for the graduates who missed attending ceremonies in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid 19.

We are keen to build on this success and create exciting events going forward providing memorable and innovative experiences for our students. To achieve this goal, we are seeking to appoint a suitability experienced supplier to plan and deliver a high-quality event - something different and fun. We are seeking an proactive and innovative supplier with ability to maximise the impact of our July 2023 event.
Your tender submission should include, as a minimum; student and market insight(s) and detailed program planning. We are looking for a full proposal document with renders, concepts and indicative costs together with a clear and transparent project delivery plan.

In order to express interest in this opportunity please go to the University of Warwick In-Tend supplier portal (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofwarwick).

The University of Warwick is not a contracting authority for the purposes of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and its procurement activities are not subject to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or the obligations under the European Public Procurement Directives, including the European Remedies Directive. Advertisement of any contract in the Official Journal of the European Union or Contracts Finder is at the sole discretion of the University and is undertaken on a voluntary basis with no implied obligation to comply with the procurement legislation.

More information

Links

Additional text

Please refer to http://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofwarwick for further information and to express interest. You will be able to download the full tender documents from this site. Any queries in relation to this requirement should be directed to the University of Warwick via the correspondence functionality of the In-tend system. Failure to do so may result in queries being excluded from the procedure.

The University expressly reserves the rights:

i) Not to award any contract as a result of this procurement process commenced by publication of this notice.
ii) To make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition.
iii) To award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the [services] covered by this notice; and
iv) To award contract(s) in stages.

Under no circumstances will the University be liable for any costs incurred by candidates.

The University of Warwick is not a contracting authority for the purposes of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and its procurement activities are not subject to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or the obligations under the European Public Procurement Directives, including the European Remedies Directive. Advertisement of any contract in the Official Journal of the European Union or Contracts Finder is at the sole discretion of the University and is undertaken on a voluntary basis with no implied obligation to comply with the procurement legislation.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Debbie Cook

Address

University House
Coventry
West Midlands
CV4 8UW
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 2476524642

Email

d.l.cook@warwick.ac.uk