Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Llandaff campus, Western Avenue, Llandaff
Cardiff
CF5 2YB
UK
Telephone: +44 2920417310
E-mail: purchasing@cardiffmet.ac.uk
NUTS: UKL22
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/procurement/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0259
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Venue Hire, Graduation Ceremonies
Reference number: ITT/24/25
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79950000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Hire of a venue for the university's graduation ceremonies.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
760 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79952000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL22
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
A venue was sought to host the university's graduation ceremonies.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 50
Cost criterion: Cost
/ Weighting: 50
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
No other suitable venue available for hire met the university's needs within Cardiff. Therefore, the services can only be supplied by this particular economic operator for the following reasons;
As a modern metropolitan university located in the city of Cardiff, we required a venue that is based in the city itself, one that is iconic both in Wales and beyond its borders. One that is culturally unique, demonstrating Welsh heritage and architecture yet which is also internationally recognisable for our students and their families and invited guests. The venue must support local communities and share the values of the university, it must provide a unique cultural experience for students, their families and supporters. The location must provide staging, separate spaces for gowning and photography and provide circulation space for up to a thousand guests and five hundred students. It must provide additional seated space for streaming of the ceremonies to accommodate extended family members who are unable to be seated in the actual ceremony itself. The venue must provide ticketing expertise and technical assistance, easy accessibility for guests, good transportation links, excellent acoustics, a central city centre location, operational space for university staff working at the venue along with proximity to restaurants and catering facilities. No other venue in Cardiff meets all of the requirements listed.
A VEAT notice (Nov494402) was published on Sell2Wales on the 8th November 2024 and following a standstill period which passed without challenge, the university has now formally contracted with the Wales Millennium Centre.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2024/S 000-036268
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: ITT/24/25
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
10/12/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 0
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Wales Millennium Centre
Bute Place
Cardiff
CF105AL
UK
Telephone: +44 0000000000
Fax: +44 0000000000
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 760 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(WA Ref:146659)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 2079477501
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
05/03/2025