Official UK procurement notice
BM26AB Graduation Venue Hire
Authority: OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) (Education)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: South East (UKJ)
Awarded value£30,000published contract · inc. VAT
Awarded 25 Feb 2025no call for competition
Awarded to The National Exhibition Centre
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionVenue for OU Graduation Ceremony on the 9th May 2026
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Mar 2025, 15:36 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Mar 2025, 15:36 GMT
- Authority reference
OUPA11448- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-009724- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ee07Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published17 Mar 2025, 15:36 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £30,0001 contract inc. VAT; no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 25 Feb 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Exhibition Centre | £30,000 inc. VAT † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · The National Exhibition Centre
- Signed
- 25 Feb 2025
- Value
- £30,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 9 May 2026 – 9 May 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- The National Exhibition CentreAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender