Official UK procurement notice
Wider Commonwealth Stakeholder Engagement Events
Authority: WEST MIDLANDS GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCWEIC is the commercial, not-for-profit membership organisation with an official mandate from the Commonwealth Heads of Government to facilitate trade and investment throughout the 54 Commonwealth member nations. The role of the CWEIC is to use the convening power and trusted network of Commonwealth, led by her majesty the Queen to drive trade and investment into the UK and West Midlands. CWEIC network includes around 100 business and government Strategic Partners and is instrumental in hosting the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) every 2 years. CWEIC will deliver the Commonwealth Business Forum in advance of the Commonwealth Games, as it has delivered similar Business Forums at the Games in Glasgow and the Gold Coast. CWEIC believes that the Commonwealth is the perfect lens through which to promote the West Midlands. The Commonwealth's shared history, diaspora populations, common language and global respect for Her Majesty as Head of the Commonwealth creates considerable trading advantage. It is widely acknowledged that it is 21% cheaper to do business between Commonwealth countries - this "Commonwealth Advantage" as it is known, is an under-utilised resource.
CPV: Event services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The West Midlands Growth Company seeks to engage with business leaders and Government…Awarded
The West Midlands Growth Company seeks to engage with business leaders and Government decision makers across the Commonwealth by utilising the CWEIC vast network, attend events, industry focused webinars and meet with international delegations. This will provide the West Midlands Growth Company with an opportunity to present its offer of why the West Midlands to senior decision makers across multiple Commonwealth regions.
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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 Jan 2022, 12:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Jan 2022, 12:45 GMT
- Authority reference
2021-WMGC-0147- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-002414- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031007Find 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
It is the intention of WMGC Ltd to directly award Commonwealth Enterprise & Investment Council the contract due to the nature of the service required and in line with principles set in PPN01/20 where direct award is permissible due absence of competition and protection of exclusive rights under Regulation 32 (2) of the PCR which allows for sole supplier sourcing through use of a negotiated procedure without prior publication to be used and this request also falls within Regulation 32 (5) delivery of services by an existing supplier to where competition is absent due to technical reasons.
Furthermore, there is protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights where there is no reasonable alternative or substitutes that exists and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.
In the case of this procurement competition is absent and only one supplier can provide the expertise required to produce the product or has capacity to complete on the scale required.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Enterprise And Investment CouncilSME | £29,883 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 002414-2022-2021-WMGC-0147-1 · Commonwealth Enterprise And Investment CouncilSME
- Signed
- 17 Jan 2022
- Value
- £29,883
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 0 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Commercial Working GroupReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Commonwealth Enterprise And Investment CouncilAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.