Assembly Rooms Festival Operator
Details
- Supplier(s)
- Assembly Festival Limited
- Value
- £567,237
- Topic
- Event services
- Published
- 10 September 2025
Tender description
The City of Edinburgh Council (the “Council”) awarded a Concession Contract for the Assembly Rooms Festival Operator. The Council’s appointed an experienced Festival Operator to develop and manage a diverse programme of performances, provide all box office and marketing requirements, provide all production staff to support programming and operate the shows and build seating infrastructure within the venue. The Operator shall pay a fixed hire fee to the Council and the venue shall be subject to a damage deposit. It is expected that the new Contract shall operate from April 2026 for a period of five years with the option (at the Council’s discretion) to extend for a further two 12-month periods. Lot 1: Concession Contract for an experienced Festival Operator who will develop and manage a programme of performances on the full first floor of The Assembly Rooms during a five-week summer period in August of each year starting in 2026. Please refer to the Specification for details in full.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date15 August 2025
- Completed: Award published10 September 2025Current notice
About the buyer
The City of Edinburgh Council is the local authority for Scotland's capital city, buying through its own commercial and procurement service. Before running a competitive tender, the Council checks its existing frameworks for value, including through Scotland Excel and Scottish Procurement. Scotland Excel acts as the centre of procurement expertise for local government across the country.
Over the past 5 years, most of The City of Edinburgh Council's contract awards have been in architectural and engineering services, IT services and health and social work.
Relevant CPV codes
- 79952000 · Event services
- 79953000 · Festival organisation services
- 92312100 · Theatrical producers', singer groups', bands' and orchestras' entertainment services
- 92312110 · Theatrical producer entertainment services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@the-city-of-edinburgh-council.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@the-city-of-edinburgh-council.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@the-city-of-edinburgh-council.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@the-city-of-edinburgh-council.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@the-city-of-edinburgh-council.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@the-city-of-edinburgh-council.gov |
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