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Events Catering Concessions 2025[E11]

United KingdomHampshirePortsmouth City Council[E1]

Deadline[E4]
Buyer's deadline: 14 Feb 2025, 12:00 UTC. UTC: 14 Feb 2025, 12:00 UTC.
Value
Not stated
Procedure[E8]
Open procedure (below threshold)One stage: bids go in by the deadline
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What they want

Portsmouth City Council ('the Council') is seeking to appoint operators to provide various food and drink catering units/stands for outdoor events in 2025. The Council is using the Council's e-sourcing portal, Intend, for transparency to advertise the opportunity and provide clarity around the award process The events on offer are as follows: o Lot 1 - Armed Forces Day - 21st June 2025 o Lot 2 - Portsmouth Kite…

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Published[E9]
13 Jan 2025
Source
UK Contracts Finder (OCDS) (opens in a new tab)
Last checked
2 days ago
About the requirement · From the notice
Portsmouth City Council ('the Council') is seeking to appoint operators to provide various food and drink catering units/stands for outdoor events in 2025. The Council is using the Council's e-sourcing portal, Intend, for transparency to advertise the opportunity and provide clarity around the award process The events on offer are as follows: o Lot 1 - Armed Forces Day - 21st June 2025 o Lot 2 - Portsmouth Kite Festival - 26th and 27th July 2025 o Lot 3 - Great South Run - 18th and 19th October 2025 o Lot 4 - Live at the Bandstand - TBC (see below) o Lot 5 - Annual Fireworks Event - TBC (see below) Operators can apply to trade at as many events as they wish and can submit a single or multiple offers per event, although operators must be able to commit to these events should they be successful. Details for Lot 4 and Lot 5 are still being finalised. However, Operators should confirm their interest in wanting to bid for either or both lots on the application form. Once further details for lots 4 and 5 become available, the Council intends to only invite operators who have initially expressed interest in bidding for these events to submit proposals. However, if the Council does not receive enough interest as part of this process, the Council will then consider alternative options when tendering these lots. Successful awarded operators will be required to sign a licence to occupy for delivery of the events, which will require payment to the council in advance of the events. The procurement timetable is as follows: Documents available on intend Monday 13th January 2025 Virtual bi…[E5]

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  • Delivery location: South East, United Kingdom.[E6]

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Eligibility and requirements

  • DetailDelivery location: South East, United Kingdom.[E6]
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Buyer

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Portsmouth City Council

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Evidence11 facts from the notice · Show

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  1. E1

    The buyer is Portsmouth City Council.

    Document 4ba8c98b-0273-4f56-a94e-b10b2b526c1a-816637, field /buyer/name, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:45 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

  2. E2

    The notice is classified under CPV 55520000 (Catering services).

    Document 4ba8c98b-0273-4f56-a94e-b10b2b526c1a-816637, field /tender/classification/id, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:45 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

  3. E3

    Contracts Finder publishes United Kingdom procurement.

    Document 4ba8c98b-0273-4f56-a94e-b10b2b526c1a-816637, field /tender, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:45 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

  4. E4

    Tenders must be submitted by 14 Feb 2025, 12:00 UTC.

    “2025-02-14T12:00:00Z”

    Document 4ba8c98b-0273-4f56-a94e-b10b2b526c1a-816637, field /tender/tenderPeriod/endDate, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:45 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

  5. E5

    The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.

    “Portsmouth City Council ('the Council') is seeking to appoint operators to provide various food and drink catering units/stands for outdoor events in 2025. The Council is using the Council's e-sourcing portal, Intend, for transparency to advertise the opportunity and provide cla…”

    Document 4ba8c98b-0273-4f56-a94e-b10b2b526c1a-816637, field /tender/description, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:45 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

  6. E6

    Delivery location: South East, United Kingdom.

    Document 4ba8c98b-0273-4f56-a94e-b10b2b526c1a-816637, field /tender/items/0/deliveryAddresses/1, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:45 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

  7. E7

    This notice changes or updates a call for competition.

    “tenderAmendment”

    Document 4ba8c98b-0273-4f56-a94e-b10b2b526c1a-816637, field /tag, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:45 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

  8. E8

    The procedure is: Open procedure (below threshold).

    Document 4ba8c98b-0273-4f56-a94e-b10b2b526c1a-816637, field /tender/procurementMethodDetails, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:45 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

  9. E9

    The notice was published on 13 Jan 2025.

    “2025-01-13T14:08:25Z”

    Document 4ba8c98b-0273-4f56-a94e-b10b2b526c1a-816637, field /tender/documents/0/datePublished, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:45 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

  10. E10

    Contracts Finder gives the tender status as active.

    Document 4ba8c98b-0273-4f56-a94e-b10b2b526c1a-816637, field /tender/status, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:45 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

  11. E11

    The notice is titled "Events Catering Concessions 2025".

    Document 4ba8c98b-0273-4f56-a94e-b10b2b526c1a-816637, field /tender/title, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:45 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

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Updates

  1. First seen · 28 Oct 2026, 13:45 UTC

    The deadline (2025-02-14T12:00:00.000Z) has passed.

    Source document 4ba8c98b-0273-4f56-a94e-b10b2b526c1a-816637