AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Sheffield City Council has concluded a land-occupation licence for a Sheffield city-centre food festival with Market Place (Europe) Ltd TA Market Place. The organiser bears the financial and operational costs and risks of hosting the event.
Published outcomeAward 1 is active and is linked to an active contract record signed on 3 August 2026.
Market significanceThe contract has a stated net value of £72,600 and gross value of £87,120, with an initial three-year term and an optional 12-month extension.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
Market Place (Europe) Ltd TA Market Place
98% confidenceAward 1 · Lots LOT-0000 · £72,600 net; £87,120 gross (contract-level value) GBP · Active award and active contract
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Award 1 names Market Place (Europe) Ltd TA Market Place as supplier and relates to LOT-0000. The linked contract records values of GBP 72,600 excluding VAT and GBP 87,120 including VAT.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Procurement status
99% confidenceComplete
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The tender record status is "complete"; the lot status is also "complete".
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 1 has status "active".
Contract status
99% confidenceActive
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Contract 1, linked to award 1, has status "active".
Contract signature
99% confidenceSigned 3 August 2026
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Contract 1 gives dateSigned as 2026-08-03T00:00:00Z.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£72,600
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Contract 1 value.amount is 72600 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£87,120
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 87120 GBP.
Value allocation
95% confidenceContract-level value; no separate lot or supplier value published
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The published contract contains one awarded supplier and one related lot, but does not state an individual lot value.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender notice published
99% confidence26 May 2026
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Release history records Tender notice on Find a Tender published at 2026-05-26T14:01:30+01:00.
Submission deadline
99% confidence23 June 2026, 15:00 UTC
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The process submission_deadline is 2026-06-23T15:00:00+00:00.
Contract signed and starts
99% confidence3 August 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned and period.startDate are both 2026-08-03.
Initial contract end
99% confidence2 August 2029
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Contract 1 period.endDate is 2029-08-02T23:59:59+01:00.
Maximum possible end
99% confidence2 August 2030
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Contract 1 period.maxExtentDate is 2030-08-02T23:59:59+01:00.
Contract details notice published
99% confidence14 October 2026
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The contract document and release history record publication at 2026-10-14T16:07:38+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceLicence to occupy land for a food festival event in Sheffield city centre
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The procurement and contract title is "License To Occupy Land for Food Festival Event Sheffield City Centre".
Service model
98% confidenceThe organiser is to manage, host and organise the food festival.
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The description states that the Event Organiser shall manage, successfully host and organise the event.
Scale requirement
98% confidenceThe council sought an organiser with demonstrable success organising events with capacity of 5,000 or more.
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The tender description specifies a track record in organising events with a capacity of 5000+.
Classification
99% confidenceLand rental services (CPV 70321000)
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The awarded item for LOT-0000 lists CPV 70321000, Land rental services.
Delivery location
96% confidenceSheffield (UKE32), United Kingdom
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The award item delivery address specifies region UKE32, GB; the buyer is Sheffield City Council.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceOpen competition below threshold
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The tender states procurementMethod "open" and procurementMethodDetails "Below threshold - open competition".
Competition results
98% confidenceNumber of bids and evaluation outcomes not published
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No bid count, bidder list beyond the awarded supplier, scoring or evaluation information is supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Initial term
99% confidence3 years
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The contract runs from 3 August 2026 to 2 August 2029.
Extension
99% confidenceOne optional 12-month extension
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The contract states hasRenewal true and renewal description "1 x 12months optional extension".
Maximum term
99% confidenceUp to 4 years
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The maximum extent date is 2 August 2030, following the initial end date of 2 August 2029.
Risk and cost responsibility
98% confidenceFinancial and operational costs and risks sit with the event organiser; the council states the event carries no financial cost or risk to it.
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The tender description explicitly assigns all financial and operational costs and risks to the Event Organiser.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
96% confidenceThe published description indicates an organiser-funded and organiser-risk model, while the council provides land occupation through the licence.
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The description says the event has no financial cost or risk to the council and assigns all financial and operational costs and risks to the Event Organiser.
Value interpretation
93% confidenceThe published £72,600 net / £87,120 gross contract value should be read alongside the stated organiser-risk model; the notice does not provide a pricing or payment breakdown.
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Contract value fields give £72,600 net and £87,120 gross; no price schedule or payment mechanism is supplied.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity
97% confidencePublished supplier name retained; no separately verified legal company name was supplied
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Supplier verification is marked not_applicable and contains no verified company name or company number. The published supplier name is not flagged as mismatched or address-like.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLOT-0000 has no published title, description or separate value
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The lot record supplies only its ID and complete status; title, description and value fields are null.
Award timing
99% confidenceAward date not supplied
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Award 1 has a null award_date.
Competition and evaluation
98% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No bid count, tenderer results, award criteria, scores or evaluation narrative is included in the supplied data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- No separately verified legal company name or company number was supplied for the awarded supplier; the published supplier name is used and should not be treated as Companies House verified.
- No award date is published.
- LOT-0000 has no published title, description or individual value.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: bid count, bidder identities beyond the winner, evaluation criteria, scores, pricing breakdown and payment mechanism.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Sheffield City CouncilMarket Place (Europe) Ltd TA Market Placefood festivalland licenceSheffield city centrecontract awardevent organiser
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won Sheffield City Council's food festival land licence?
Market Place (Europe) Ltd TA Market Place is named as the supplier for active award 1.
What is the value of the food festival licence contract?
The published contract value is £72,600 excluding VAT and £87,120 including VAT.
When does the contract run?
It starts on 3 August 2026 and initially ends on 2 August 2029, with one optional 12-month extension to a maximum end date of 2 August 2030.
Who bears event costs and risks?
The published tender description states that financial and operational costs and risks are the responsibility of the event organiser.
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