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Published 14 Jun 2024, 08:40 BST

Official UK procurement notice

UK Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka - Content Production and Associated Services (CPAS)

Official notice

Authority: Department for Business & Trade (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£2,539,899published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 17 May 2024no call for competition

Awarded to Immersive International Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The United Kingdom (UK) is participating in World Expo 2025, which runs from 13 April 2025 - 13 October 2025 and will take place in Osaka, Kansai, Japan. His Majestys Government (HMG) will deliver a self-built UK Pavilion (UKP) at Expo 2025 Osaka.

This requirement is for the provision of Content Production and Associated Services to support the delivery of the UKP at Expo 2025 Osaka. HMG has appointed a supplier to provide content production, software development and associated services in respect of the creative content design intent produced for the UKP.

The services will primarily include taking the current creative ideas and designs of the content and software for the UK Pavilion visitor experience and producing and developing them into assets ready to be installed. The Supplier will need to have an understanding of the creative context of the content to fully realise the designs to ensure they deliver on the intended experience.

CPV: Miscellaneous business and business-related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK · The Supplier is headquartered in the UK

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
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: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 14 Jun 2024, 08:40 BST
Last source update: 3 Jul 2024, 14:17 BST
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-020293
Classification (CPV): Miscellaneous business and business-related services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-046fe0 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) - Competition is absent for technical reasons. Under a previous contract, the awarded Supplier has developed the creative concept and narrative that the content to be produced under this contract has subsequently been designed around. The Supplier therefore holds specific, tacit, and non-transferable knowledge of the creative development of the narrative which is integral to the production of the content, and who can therefore ensure HMG will communicate the story effectively through the visitor experience.

Notice history

2 releases on Find a Tender

Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)

When	What	Before	After	Shift
—	TextII.1.1) Title · 2	2,539,899.20	UK Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka - Content Production and Associated Services (CPAS)

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £2,539,8991 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 11 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 17 May 2024

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Immersive International LimitedSMESubcontracting: declared	£2,539,899 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

UK Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka - Content Production and Associated Services (CPAS) · Immersive International LimitedSME
Signed
17 May 2024
Value
£2,539,899
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic	1	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Business and Trade

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsCentral Government Old Admiralty Building, Admiralty Place, London, UK, SW1A 2DYContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Department for Business & TradeReview body LondonContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Immersive International LimitedAwarded supplier The Tanneries, 2nd floor, 55 Bermondsey Street, London, UK, SE1 3XH

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.