Awarded contract

Audio Visual Production and Support Services

Details

Supplier(s)
Sterling Event Group Limited
Value
£150,000
Duration
2 years
Topic
Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
Published
8 October 2026

Tender description

Greater Manchester Police (GMP/The Authority) currently hosts a number of annual events and ceremonies which require Audio and Visual Support. Events can take place at numerous venues across the Greater Manchester region. The Authority is seeking to appoint a collaborative partner to provide Audio and Visual support and services for the planned events, and any ad-hoc requests for similar services that may arise. For planned events that are repeated across a number of different venues/dates, the expectation is that each of the sessions are equipped and rigged to be identical in order to provide a series of formatted and uniformed events. ## Contract award

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published8 October 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date8 October 2026
  3. Next: Contract expiry date30 September 2028in 2 years

About the buyer

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority is a local government body that advertises its opportunities, receives bids and manages its procurement on the Pro-Contract e-tendering portal. Tenders across Greater Manchester are managed through The Chest. Notices for new opportunities and awarded contracts also appear on the Central Digital Platform under the Procurement Act 2023. Education, work and skills activity is commissioned through the authority's own Flexible Procurement System. Councils across Greater Manchester use the same system to commission apprenticeships. The Greater Manchester Social Value Policy covers job creation, upskilling of the workforce and net zero carbon.

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 the Greater Manchester Combined Authority's contract awards have been in IT services, business services and research and development.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 31000000 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
  • 92100000 · Motion picture and video services
  • 92300000 · Entertainment services

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