# Provision of an Events Management Platform

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE](/buyers/department-for-international-trade/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Aventri \(UK\) Ltd
- Award value: £214,999
- Tender value: £215,000
- Award date: 16 August 2018
- Published: 29 August 2018
- Contract start: 20 August 2018
- Contract end: 19 August 2020
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: c6bb750e-6e0e-4094-9050-2d0afb5a6fd5-237639
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6b44d408-2f57-4def-b20f-fcb4ed6a454b

## Description

The Department for International Trade's \(DIT's\) Events Team in the Marketing and Communications Directorate require an Events Management Platform to manage some of the nearly two thousand \(2000\) events that it produces or attends annually\. DIT has a current events platform, however the contract is due to expire, and will no longer be used\. The new platform needs to be a single, cloud-based platform that makes it easier for potential attendees to organically find out about DIT's events; improves the quality and completeness of events data; and increases the efficiency of events management\. The Contract is expected to commence in August 2018, with a transition period of eight \(8\) weeks\. The Service Commencement date of the new platform is currently estimated as 8\.10\.2018\. Stage 1 is expected to be published on 15\.6\.2018\. The deadline will be 2\.7\.2018\. Stage 2 is expected to be published on 6\.7\.2018\. The deadline will be 16\.7\.2018\. The competition will be run via DIT's e-tendering portal ProContract, which any interested party must register for to participate from Stage 1 onwards\. The reference to search for once registered is DN345136 Additional information: The Contract Notice published in OJEU is under the reference: 2018/S 112-255060 A PIN was also published under reference: 2018/S 108-246047 Any interested parties that would like to participate in the Stage 1 Clarification Question and Answer Teleconference on 19\.06\.2018 at 12:00hrs \(GMT\) should email the contact for this notice and request joining details\. Stage 1 of the procurement is due to be published and open for submissions at 12:00hrs on Friday 15th June 2018

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c6bb750e-6e0e-4094-9050-2d0afb5a6fd5-237639)