Venue Hire, Graduation Ceremonies

Concepts

• cardiff
• exhibition, fair and congress organisation
• graduation ceremonies
• the graduation ceremonies
• its graduation ceremonies
• venue hire
• hire
• ceremonies
• graduation
• venue

Location

Cardiff

Description

The university wishes to hire a venue for its graduation ceremonies for a three year period commencing 2025 - 2027.

Total Quantity or Scope

The university wishes to hire a venue for its graduation ceremonies for a three year period. The venue must be located in the city of Cardiff and needs to accommodate 1500 guests and students along with providing a range of peripheral services to support the graduation ceremonies. It must provide staging, ticketing expertise and excellent transport links for easy access.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 79950000 - Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services
• 79952000 - Event services

Indicators

Legal Justification

No other suitable venue available for hire meets the university's needs within Cardiff. Therefore, the services can only be supplied by this particular economic operator for the following reasons; As a modern metropolitan university located in the city of Cardiff, we require a venue that is based in the city itself, one that is iconic both in Wales and beyond its borders. One that is culturally unique, demonstrating Welsh heritage and architecture yet which is also internationally recognisable for our students and their families and invited guests. The venue must support local communities and share the values of the university, it must provide a unique cultural experience for students, their families and supporters. The location must provide staging, separate spaces for gowning and photography and provide circulation space for up to a thousand guests and five hundred students. It must provide additional seated space for streaming of the ceremonies to accommodate extended family members who are unable to be seated in the actual ceremony itself. The venue must provide ticketing expertise and technical assistance, easy accessibility for guests, good transportation links, excellent acoustics, a central city centre location, operational space for university staff working at the venue along with proximity to restaurants and catering facilities. No other venue in Cardiff meets all of the requirements listed.

Other Information

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=144893. (WA Ref:144893)