Description

Leicester City Council “The Authority” is looking for proposals from suitably qualified operators to install and operate an observation wheel as part of the City’s winter events programmes.

The vision is for a spectacular observation wheel to be a focal point of the Diwali celebrations to open for the Diwali Lights switch on event and be located on Belgrave Road. It would then be relocated to Jubilee Square to be operational as per the dates below.

The observation wheel will be required in the first year as follows:

• Diwali, Belgrave Road, operational from Friday, 11 October to Sunday 3 November 2019.


• Christmas, Jubilee Square, operational from Friday, 8 November 2019 to Sunday, 8 January 2020.

To respond to this opportunity either:

1 Click on the "Apply Online” button to be found below the contact details to the right of this screen which will take you to the EastMidsTenders portal. Click on the “View Opportunities” button to view contracts and locate the Proposal to Install and Operate an Observation Wheel (PAN2118) opportunity. Register on ProContract if you have not already done so and then express your interest for this opportunity. To gain access to the tender/quotation documentation: Go into "My Activities",
Select "Leicester City Council"
Then "PAN2118"
And then "Start".

2 Paste the following link into your web browser: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=02c4c907-d865-e911-80f7-005056b64545&p=527b4bbd-5c58-e511-80ef-000c29c9ba21 to view the Proposal to Install and Operate an Observation Wheel (PAN2118) opportunity. Register on ProContract if you have not already done so and then express your interest in this opportunity. To gain access to the tender/quotation documentation:
Go into "My Activities",
Select "Leicester City Council"
Then "PAN2118"
And then "Start".


Further information about the opportunity can be found in the tender documentation.

Submissions must be received via the EastMidsTenders portal: https://www.eastmidstenders.org/index.html.

Late submissions and those received by any other means will not be accepted. Any queries/questions regarding this opportunity must be received via the ProContract portal only, otherwise they will not be responded to.

This should be returned by 12:00 noon on 14 May 2019 at the very latest.

Organisations are asked to regularly check this opportunity on Source Leicestershire for any updates. Any advertised opportunity might be updated or removed at short notice due to unforeseen circumstances.

Applicants should note that due to the technicality of the software package being used to create this advert, this Opportunity will become "invisible" at midnight, 13 May 2019. Applicants are therefore requested to save all documentation relating to this Opportunity locally.

 

Additional information

Contract Type	Recurring
Option to extend	There is an option to extend this contract The proposed Contract will be for an initial period from 1 October 2019 to 6 January 2020 season with options to extend up to 7 January 2024 (i.e. a further four seasons). We anticipate awarding to a single Supplier.
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