Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Events Services, Equipment (via Hire) and Associated Structures
The procurement contact named on the official notice.
The submission route named on the official notice.
This is a large award for Transport Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 15,368 valued Transport Equipment tenders in our corpus.
Glasgow City Council's Transport Equipment cycle is past due — it ran about every 5 months across 9 notices, and the door is open now. It may re-tender at any time.
70% of Glasgow City Council’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.
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Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Event Services, Equipment (via Hire) and Associated Structures.
The DPS will be in place for 7 years.
Glasgow City Council will have the option to extend for an additional 3 periods of 12 months, this will be exercised by the council serving notice on the successful applicants in accordance with the councils Terms and Conditions.
This DPS will consist of the following categories: Category 1 - Temporary Power, Generators and Accessories Category 2 - Fencing and Accessories Category 3 - Trackway and Walkway Category 4 - AV Equipment Category 5 - Furniture Category 6 - Cabins and Containers Category 7 - Marquees Category 8 - Toilets Category 9 - Mobile Screens Category 10 - Staging, PA Equipment and Stage Lighting Category 11 - Fireworks/Pyrotechnics Displays Category 12 - Lighting Installation and Projections Category 13 - Event Waste & Environmental Services Category 14 - Design and Consultancy Services Category 15 - Mobile Bar Units Category 16 - Grandstand Seating
What this notice demands of you
1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.
Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Events Services, Equipment (via Hire) and Associated Structures
Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.
What it takes to bid this
Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.
Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%
Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack
- Show at bidComparable references / case studies
- Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
- Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
- Show at bidSocial value commitments
Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.
Make the case to bid
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- ocds-h6vhtk-038926
- Stage
- tender · Open
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Buyer ref
- 024860-2023
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