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Preliminary Market Engagement for Leeds City Centre Christmas Market Operator

Leeds City Council · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 12:11.

Opportunity overview

Leeds City Council (The Council) is looking to undertake a procurement process to appoint an experienced operator or operators to deliver a Christmas Market in City Square in Leeds city centre. This will include the provision of artisan market stalls, a hospitality offer and other associated festive animation. This preliminary market engagement exercise is being undertaken in order to obtain views of suppliers and provide advance information for our Christmas Market Operator tender and subsequent contract.

Classification

  • CPV79952000 — Event services
  • CPV79952100 — Cultural event organisation services

Lots

  • Lot LOT-0000Value 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
104874
Status
planning
Main Procurement Category
services

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
24 Nov 2025, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
LOT-0000
Status
planning

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Ends
2 Sept 2029, 00:59
Starts
1 Sept 2026, 01:00

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
LOT-0000
Related Lot
LOT-0000

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
79952000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Event services
Entry 2
Id
79952100
Scheme
CPV
Description
Cultural event organisation services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
070468-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
3 Nov 2025, 14:00

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
24 Nov 2025, 23:59
Description
A market sounding exercise is being undertaken via a questionnaire, which will be published on YORtender. Suppliers are required to be registered on YORtender in order to access the questionnaire. Once logged in, please search for the opportunity using reference 104874. Please complete the PME document and submit via the YORtender portal before the closing date (12 noon on Monday 24th November 2025). Clarification questions should be raised via the YORtender portal prior to the deadline. Interested parties should note that if this market sounding exercise identifies that the market is extremely limited or there is a lack of understanding regarding the subject matter, the council reserves the right to seek authorisation through its governance procedure to enter into a contract with an organisation that satisfies the criteria, as detailed in Appendix 1 of the questionnaire. If more than one organisation satisfies the requirements of the criteria, the service will be subject to a formal competitive tendering exercise.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PJYG-6658-PPMY
Name
Leeds City Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKE42
Country
GB
Locality
Leeds
Postal Code
LS1 1UR
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Civic Hall, 3rd Floor West,

Details

Classifications

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

Identifier

Id
PJYG-6658-PPMY
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Mariam Mehmood

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Leeds · UKE42 · LS1 1UR · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05d903-2025-11-03T14:00:34ZPreliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·