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Soft Market Engagement - Christmas Market[E11]

United KingdomSheffieldSheffield City Council[E1]

Deadline[E4]: Buyer's deadline: 16 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC+1. UTC: 16 Oct 2026, 11:00 UTC.
Value: Not stated
Procedure[E8]: Not specifiedOne stage: bids go in by the deadline
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Original notice

In plain English

What they want: 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. This soft market test exercise therefore does not constitute a formal tender and will not result in the letting of a contract.
Who can bid: The notice doesn't say. Check the selection criteria in the tender documents.

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Published[E9]: 5 Oct 2026
Source: UK Contracts Finder (OCDS) (opens in a new tab)
Last checked: 26 hours ago

About the requirement · From the notice

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. This soft market test exercise therefore does not constitute a formal tender and will not result in the letting of a contract. This process is solely to test the market to gather information and ascertain the level of interest in this Service.[E5]

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Delivery location: Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom.[E6]

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Eligibility and requirements

DetailDelivery location: Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom.[E6]
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Sheffield City Council

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E1
The buyer is Sheffield City Council.
Document fb73f560-59af-4747-b2c4-63844071919e-916414, field /buyer/name, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E2
The notice is classified under CPV 79952000 (Event services).
Document fb73f560-59af-4747-b2c4-63844071919e-916414, field /tender/classification/id, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E3
Contracts Finder publishes United Kingdom procurement.
“ENG”
Document fb73f560-59af-4747-b2c4-63844071919e-916414, field /tender, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E4
Tenders must be submitted by 16 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC+01:00.
“2026-10-16T12:00:00+01:00”
Document fb73f560-59af-4747-b2c4-63844071919e-916414, field /tender/tenderPeriod/endDate, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E5
The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.
“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. This soft market test exercise therefore does not constitute a formal tender and will not result in…”
Document fb73f560-59af-4747-b2c4-63844071919e-916414, field /tender/description, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E6
Delivery location: Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom.
Document fb73f560-59af-4747-b2c4-63844071919e-916414, field /tender/items/0/deliveryAddresses/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E7
This is a call for competition. Suppliers can respond.
“tender”
Document fb73f560-59af-4747-b2c4-63844071919e-916414, field /tag, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E8
The procedure is: Not specified.
Document fb73f560-59af-4747-b2c4-63844071919e-916414, field /tender/procurementMethodDetails, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E9
The notice was published on 5 Oct 2026.
“2026-10-05T09:03:03+01:00”
Document fb73f560-59af-4747-b2c4-63844071919e-916414, field /tender/documents/0/datePublished, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E10
Contracts Finder gives the tender status as active.
Document fb73f560-59af-4747-b2c4-63844071919e-916414, field /tender/status, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E11
The notice is titled "Soft Market Engagement - Christmas Market".
Document fb73f560-59af-4747-b2c4-63844071919e-916414, field /tender/title, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

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Updates

First seen · 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC
The deadline (2026-10-16T11:00:00.000Z) has passed.
Source document fb73f560-59af-4747-b2c4-63844071919e-916414