Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 79950000·Services · class·in Business Services & Consultancy
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 113 lots from 103 competitions run by 75 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 63 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 50 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 402 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Based on 67 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 12 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| UEFA EURO 28 Birmingham Host City - Festival Development | Birmingham City Council | 6 Nov 2026 | 12d | £320,000 |
| Design and Installation of the East Midlands Pavilion at UKREiiF 2027 | East Midlands Combined County Authority | 6 Nov 2026 | 11d | £130,000 |
| ID 6621980 - DAERA - Strategic Communications Branch - Exhibition Design, Production/Print and Custom Build for the NI Government Departments Exhibition at Balmoral Show May 2027 | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs | 16 Nov 2026 | 21d | £360,000 |
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
79952000 Event services470 notices · 50%79952100 Cultural event organisation services86 notices · 9%79950000 Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services50 notices · 5%79953000 Festival organisation services43 notices · 5%79956000 Fair and exhibition organisation services34 notices · 4%79951000 Seminar organisation services10 notices · 1%79957000 Auction organisation services3 notices · <1%79954000 Party organisation services2 notices · <1%- Business and management consultancy services 1,062 · 12m
- Advertising and marketing services 570 · 12m
- Recruitment services 551 · 12m
- Market research services 479 · 12m
- Subscription services 421 · 12m
- Security services 389 · 12m
- Miscellaneous business-related services 388 · 12m
- Business and management consultancy and related services 340 · 12m
- Accounting and auditing services 340 · 12m
- Legal services 310 · 12m
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Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Local authorities38%(353 notices)
353 of 933 notices are Local authorities (38%).Central government31%(289 notices)
289 of 933 notices are Central government (31%).Education & universities10%(96 notices)
96 of 933 notices are Education & universities (10%).Other public bodies10%(90 notices)
90 of 933 notices are Other public bodies (10%).Police, fire & emergency1%(5 notices)
5 of 933 notices are Police, fire & emergency (1%).Not classified11%(100 notices)
100 of 933 notices are Not classified (11%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| Department for Business & Trade | Central government | 75 | 41 | 0 |
| British Council | Local authorities | 69 | 46 | 0 |
| UK Research and Innovation | Central government | 32 | 19 | 0 |
| OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) | Education & universities | 23 | 17 | 0 |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | Central government | 20 | 11 | 1 |
| Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government | Central government | 17 | 9 | 0 |
| The Royal Parks Ltd | Other public bodies | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Bedford Borough Council | Local authorities | 13 | 7 | 0 |
| Belfast City Council | Local authorities | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| British Tourist Authority t/a VisitBritain/VisitEngland | Central government | 13 | 6 | 0 |
303 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 472 of 940 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| Greater London | 4 | 59% | 57% | |
| Scotland | 2 | 94% | 100% | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | 61% | 48% | |
| South East England | 3 | 64% | 38% | |
| North East England | 4 | 96% | 35% | |
| East of England | 3 | 85% | 33% | |
| West Midlands | — | 65% | 25% | |
| North West England | 3 | 73% | 37% | |
| South West England | — | 78% | 46% | |
| East Midlands | — | 91% | 29% | |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 94% | 92% | |
| Wales (Cymru) | — | — | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract92%(867 notices)
867 of 940 notices are Contract (92%).Framework8%(71 notices)
71 of 940 notices are Framework (8%).Dynamic purchasing system0%(2 notices)
2 of 940 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (0%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open40%(378 notices)
378 of 940 notices are Open (40%).Direct award27%(256 notices)
256 of 940 notices are Direct award (27%).Route not published14%(130 notices)
130 of 940 notices are Route not published (14%).Limited / restricted14%(130 notices)
130 of 940 notices are Limited / restricted (14%).Selective5%(46 notices)
46 of 940 notices are Selective (5%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold43%(93 notices)
93 of 217 notices are Above threshold (43%).Below threshold57%(124 notices)
124 of 217 notices are Below threshold (57%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (651) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid27%(31)
31 of 113 lots fall in 1 bid (27%).2–327%(31)
31 of 113 lots fall in 2–3 (27%).4–630%(34)
34 of 113 lots fall in 4–6 (30%).7 or more15%(17)
17 of 113 lots fall in 7 or more (15%).
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 113 lots from 103 competitions run by 75 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 63 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 50 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
253 of 606 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 45 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
301 SME bids out of 358, on 100 lots where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
196 of 313 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Do winners come in above or below the buyer’s estimate.
For each lot we compare the published estimate with the award, like for like. Below means the winner was paid less than estimated, above means more.
Based on 89 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 36 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
8 of 651 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.
Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.
Based on 46 lots from 16 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 803 awards to 617 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 6% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| REED EXHIBITIONS LIMITED | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| Event Exhibition Ltd | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| BUILT ENVIRONMENT NETWORKING LIMITED | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| ADS Group | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Bray Leino Limited | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Field and Lawn Ltd | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| GL Events UK Ltd | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Identity Holdings Ltd | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 253 of 940 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in exhibition, fair and congress…
12 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 7995. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 23 Oct 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.