Contract

Venue Hire, Graduation Ceremonies

  • Cardiff Metropolitan University

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-008074

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04b51e (view related notices)

Published 5 March 2025, 2:59pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Cardiff Metropolitan University

Llandaff campus, Western Avenue, Llandaff

Cardiff

CF5 2YB

Email

purchasing@cardiffmet.ac.uk

Telephone

+44 2920417310

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKL22 - Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/procurement/

Buyer's address

https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0259

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Education


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Venue Hire, Graduation Ceremonies

Reference number

ITT/24/25

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 79950000 - Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Hire of a venue for the university's graduation ceremonies.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £760,000

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 79952000 - Event services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKL22 - Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

A venue was sought to host the university's graduation ceremonies.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 50

Cost criterion - Name: Cost / Weighting: 50

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
    • absence of competition for technical reasons

Explanation:

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;

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2024/S 000-036268


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

ITT/24/25

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

10 December 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 0

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Wales Millennium Centre

Bute Place

Cardiff

CF105AL

Telephone

+44 0000000000

Fax

+44 0000000000

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £760,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

(WA Ref:146659)

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

High Court

Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Telephone

+44 2079477501

Country

United Kingdom