Official UK procurement notice
BLC 0252 Event Accommodation and Conferencing Services
Authority: The Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime (Central government)·On behalf of: Bluelight Commercial
Sectors: Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services (55) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£2,000,000£2,400,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 13 Jun 2025
Contract term 2 moends 16 Jul 2028 · starts 15 May 2028
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEvent, Accommodation and Conferencing Services during 2028
CPV: Hotel meeting and conference services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£2,000,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: 60%
- Price: 30%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Price
- Social Value
- Technical
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 May 2025, 13:07 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Sept 2025, 10:28 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 15 Jul 2025
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-019710- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050eb9Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
- Submission deadline
- 13 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
8 May 2025 → 15 May 2028 · 5 dates- Tender notice published8 May 2025, 13:07 BST
- Submission deadline13 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
- Award decision expected by15 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
- Latest notice published400 days ago22 Sept 2025, 10:28 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Contract starts15 May 2028
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 May 2025- Tender notice published8 May 2025, 13:07 BSTUK4
- Procurement termination notice published22 Sept 2025, 10:28 BSTUK12
- Status changed to complete22 Sept 2025, 10:28 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Contracts signed 1
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published | — | 19 Sept 2025 | CancelledIn accordance with the covered procurement objectives in section 12 of the Procurement Act |
Contracts
Contract 1 · supplier not published
- Signed
- date not published
- Value
- —
- Period
- … – 16 Jul 2028
- Status
- cancelled
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- Bluelight CommercialProcess contact pointProcuring entityLead on Procurement on behalf of NPCC (Metropolitan Police)
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender