Provision of conference and event management services MSE

Leeds City Council is looking into a potential procurement option to put in place future contractual arrangements for suitably qualified and experienced organisations to deliver conference and event management services on behalf of Children & Families traded services.

To support this, we would like to gain information from the market regarding a number of issues related to the potential procurement exercise. You are therefore invited to consider the programme requirements detailed in this document, and complete the attached questionnaire to give us your feedback on the proposed approach.

This Market Sounding Exercise (MSE) is not an invitation to tender or a request for formal expressions of interest. The Council, as contracting authority, is issuing this request for information only, in order to assess the reaction of the market and thus make any potential procurement process more focused and efficient.

This process is being undertaken to gather knowledge in the following areas:  The potential level of interest, from providers, in this contract opportunity.  The capability of providers to deliver a tried and tested programme.

The benefits to your organisation in participating in this process include:  The chance to assess whether the opportunity will be suitable and of interest to you.  The chance to raise any risks, concerns or issues regarding the potential opportunity