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Soft Market Engagement - Christmas Market

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Buyer
Sheffield City Council
Topic
Retail trade services
Published
5 October 2026
Submission
16 October 2026in 2 weeks
Source
uk:bluelight

Tender description

Sheffield City Council is conducting a Soft Market Engagement activity to understand whether there are any suppliers of a Christmas Market interested in working with the Council.

Timeline

  1. Tender published5 October 2026
    Current notice
  2. Submission date16 October 2026in 2 weeks

About the buyer

Sheffield City Council is a local authority for the city of Sheffield, and runs its own procurement function for contracts across the organisation. Tender opportunities are advertised on YORtender, the council's e-tendering portal shared with local authorities across the Yorkshire and Humber region. Contracts above threshold also appear on Find a Tender, with lower-value opportunities listed on Contracts Finder. Framework agreements let the council call off from appointed suppliers without a fresh advertisement. An evaluation panel scores each bid, and the highest-scoring supplier wins the contract. Contract details are then published in the Contract Register within YORtender.

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 Sheffield City Council's contract awards have been in business services, construction work and IT services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 55900000 · Retail trade services
  • 79952000 · Event services

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