Awarded contract

Cambridge City Council - Marquee supplier for Cambridge Folk Festival

Details

Buyer: Cambridge City Council
Supplier(s): GL EVENTS UK LIMITED
Value: £980,000
Duration: 8 years
Topic: Event services
Published: 17 July 2024
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

The Cambridge Folk Festival ('the festival') is organised by Cambridge City Council. One of the longest running and most prestigious Folk Festivals in the world, the festival is highly regarded at an international level. It prides itself on its high production standards, which it is keen to maintain. \r \r Therefore, quite specific about the sizes of structures that are required for the event. This is to achieve a balance between the needs of optimising cover for the audience, allowing space for access and egress and allowing space for other necessary facilities. A copy of the plan used for the festival in 2019 is included in this Specification for information.

Timeline

Completed: Award date6 February 2023
Completed: Award published17 July 2024
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date31 December 2030in 4 years

About the buyer

Cambridge City Council is a local authority serving Cambridge, running its own procurement function for goods, works and services. Contract opportunities are advertised on the Due North portal, procontract.due-north.com. Smaller purchases run through call-off or measured-term contracts, each suited to routine buying. Consultancy and similar recurring needs sit on corporate frameworks that can run for up to four years. Specialist training and comparable services can instead be bought through a dynamic purchasing system. The council also draws on frameworks let by national bodies such as Crown Commercial Service and ESPO, applying that framework's own rules.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Cambridge City Council's contract awards have been in business services, architectural and engineering services and waste, cleaning and environmental services.

Relevant CPV codes

79952000 · Event services
79953000 · Festival organisation services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@cambridge-city-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@cambridge-city-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@cambridge-city-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@cambridge-city-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@cambridge-city-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@cambridge-city-council.gov