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Barbican Bars POS

The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

The Barbican Centre is an arts centre in Central London. It is a major public building with a concert hall, theatre, art gallery and cinemas. We are looking to procure a point-of-sale system for our bars and cafes, and software to support the growth of a loyalty programme. We will consider standalone POS solutions, standalone loyalty solutions, single integrated solutions that provides both, or partnerships where a lead vendor offers a partner’s service under a single contract. Across our site we have 25 fixed sales points across 10 permanent bars and cafes, with 17 moveable sales points. In total the turnover of our bars and cafes is around £5 million. At busy times we may need to serve around up to 3000 audience members in 20-minute windows, for example during intervals. Separately, we want to encourage customers to use the full range of services we offer when they visit, including ticketed and free events, our bars and cafes and our gift shop. We also want to give people an incentive to identify themselves at points of sale so that we can start learning more about the way our audiences behave. We are looking to purchase a flexible loyalty solution that would support a flexible set of loyalty-based offers that could be delivered at points of sale powered not just by the bars POS but by Spektrix, our ticketing software, and Shopify, our shop software.

Classification

  • CPV48110000 — Point of sale (POS) software package
  • CPV72212110 — Point of sale (POS) software development services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
pqq_7 - Barbican Bars POS
Status
planning
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
1 May 2025, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning
Has Renewal
Yes

Contract period

Ends
30 Jun 2028, 23:59
Starts
1 Jul 2025, 00:00
Max Extent Date
30 Jun 2029, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKI
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
48110000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Point of sale (POS) software package
Entry 2
Id
72212110
Scheme
CPV
Description
Point of sale (POS) software development services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
010016-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
18 Mar 2025, 16:54

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
2 Apr 2025, 23:59
Description
The Barbican Centre is an arts centre in Central London. It is a major public building with a concert hall, theatre, art gallery and cinemas. We are looking to procure a point-of-sale system for our bars and cafes, and software to support the growth of a loyalty programme. We will consider standalone POS solutions, standalone loyalty solutions, single integrated solutions that provides both, or partnerships where a lead vendor offers a partner’s service under a single contract. Across our site we have 25 fixed sales points across 10 permanent bars and cafes, with 17 moveable sales points. In total the turnover of our bars and cafes is around £5 million. At busy times we may need to serve around up to 3000 audience members in 20-minute windows, for example during intervals. Separately, we want to encourage customers to use the full range of services we offer when they visit, including ticketed and free events, our bars and cafes and our gift shop. We also want to give people an incentive to identify themselves at points of sale so that we can start learning more about the way our audiences behave. We are looking to purchase a flexible loyalty solution that would support a flexible set of loyalty-based offers that could be delivered at points of sale powered not just by the bars POS but by Spektrix, our ticketing software, and Shopify, our shop software.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PYQD-1693-MYXR
Name
The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKI43
Country
GB
Locality
City of London
Postal Code
EC2P 2EJ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
PO Box 270

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PYQD-1693-MYXR
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Telephone
020 7606 3030

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · City of London · UKI43 · EC2P 2EJ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKI · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

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