Hyde Park Music Festival 2022-2027

Concepts

• hyde park music festival
• event services
• event contract
• royal parks
• management of hyde park music festival
• hyde park
• trp trading company ltd
• additional event slots
• year period
• existing contract

Location

London

Description

The Royal Parks (TRP Trading Company Ltd) invited tenders for an event contract for the operation and management of Hyde Park Music Festival for a six year period. The contract was subsequently modified to include two additional event slots (“Additional Events”) for the years 2022-2024 due to these event slots becoming unexpectedly available and the charity not having the necessary time available to undertake a procurement exercise. The modification notice was published on 08/09/2021 with reference number 2021/S 174-455283.

Total Quantity or Scope

TRP intends to modify the existing contract for the operation and management of Hyde Park Music Festival (HPMF) to allow the Event Organiser to hold Additional Events in 2025, 2026 & 2027, each having a capacity of 49,999. All of the events permissible each year under the contract (including the Additional Events) will be held within a three-week time period in June and July each year

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 79952000 - Event services

Indicators

• Award on a basis other than price and quality.

Legal Justification

This is an Event Services contract, classified as 'social and other specific services' under Schedule 3 of the CCR. As such, TRP does not consider Regulation 43 of the CCR applies. Additional Events (AEs) have become available because a concession contract for an event in September expired during the Covid pandemic. The cost of staging a smaller standalone event in September substantially outweighs the inclusion of the AEs in the HPMF Contract for 2025-27. Instead of 2 lots of event infrastructure being built and de-rigged and 2 lots of concerts - as was the previous arrangement when the 2 slots that are now the AEs were previously used for different events in September - there is only 1 event, 1 lot of infrastructure and 1 lot of disruption – significantly better for the park environment and the enjoyment of the park by its visitors. The AEs will take place in June/July as an extension to the existing Hyde Park Music Festival over a three-week period, making use of the existing infrastructure. The modification is also necessary as there is no time to procure an alternative event organiser (under a separate contract) to hold the AEs from 2025.

Other Information

Refer to II.2.4.