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Published 16 May 2024, 11:42 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Venue Finding Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: AHDB

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£1,333,333≈ £333k / year
Submissions closed 18 Jun 2024
Contract term 4 yrsends 4 Aug 2028 · extension options published · starts 5 Aug 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

AHDB intend to procure a Contract to a successful Supplier for the provision Venue Finding services. The successful supplier will be required to deliver venue quotes with clear costs, offer bill-back services, best-negotiated rates and varied options of locations/venues. AHDB work on various events, so the selected agency must have the ability to provide large and small venues. Bill back services can be up to £80,000 per event, so the agency must have the financial capability to facilitate this and the selected agency need to generate their commission from the venues and not charge AHDB for their service, as well as ensuring value for money for levy payers is provided.

  • Recurrence: New tender opportunity would likely be published May'27

CPV: Event services · Hotel meeting and conference services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 4 yrsPublished value£133,333
Contract period: 5 Aug 2024 – 4 Aug 2028 (4 yrs)
Delivery: UK · UK
Extensions: Initial contract is for 1 year plus options of 1+1+1Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 100%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 100
  • Price: 0
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As per tender documents

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes · New tender opportunity would likely be published May'27
First published
16 May 2024, 11:42 BST
Last source update
16 May 2024, 11:42 BST
Award evaluation window
18 Jun 2024 – …
Authority reference
2023-685
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-015549
Classification (CPV)
Event servicesHotel meeting and conference services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-045a0b Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

As per tender documents

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Defra Group eSourcing
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free
Submission deadline
18 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
18 Jun 2024, 13:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

16 May 2024 → 5 Aug 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    16 May 2024, 11:42 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    18 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    18 Jun 2024, 13:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    5 Aug 2024, 00:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

AHDB (Defra Network eTendering Portal)

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawAgriculture and Horticulture Middlemarch Business Park, Coventry, UK, CV3 4SUContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.