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The Co-Operative Cambridge Folk Festival is a high-profile four-day music event with an attendance of 10,000 people per day and a reputation for quality.

Following the end of the current contract in August 2009, a bar concessionaire will be required for the festival in 2010, 2011 and 2012.

We will dispatch invitations to tender from Tuesday 26 January. The closing date for receipt of tenders is midday on Tuesday 23 February.

To obtain tender documents email Wendy Godfrey at wendy.godfrey@cambridge.gov.uk or write to her at Arts and Entertainments, Cambridge City Council, The Guildhall, Cambridge CB2 3QJ.

Cambridge City Council – Arts and Entertainments is the largest arts and entertainment provider in the region, managing the Cambridge Corn Exchange, the Co-operative Cambridge Folk Festival and a range of other indoor and outdoor entertainments throughout the year.

We invite tenders for the provision of Mailing House services to undertake all the section's publicity mailings and also to provide its envelope stock.

The contract is anticipated to commence in April 2010 on a two-year contract with an option of a further two-year extension.

To express an interest in tendering for the contract, please apply in writing to Neil Jones, Marketing Manager, Cambridge City Council Arts and Entertainments, The Guildhall, Cambridge CB2 3QJ, or email neil.jones@cambridge.gov.uk.

The closing date for the receipt of tenders is noon on Friday 26 February 2010.

This procurement opportunity is subject to the Public Contract Regulations 2006 and a Notice has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU).

The OJEU notice number is 2010/S 20-028033; any bidder interested in this opportunity should view that OJEU Notice. The detail in this advert summarises the key points in the OJEU Notice and should be read in conjunction with the OJEU notice.

The procurement exercise is being run by the Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO) and will result in the establishment of a Framework Agreement (the duration of the Framework Agreement will be four years).

The main purpose of the contract is to carry out planned and preventative maintenance to domestic properties (including works under the government's Decent Homes scheme to maintain existing standards) and works to Council-owned business premises and community centres.

The full scope of works includes: kitchens and bathrooms, internal finishes, roofing works, central heating and boilers, electrical works and services, doors and windows, damp works, internal and external insulation works, internal and external structural works, housing health and safety rating system works, external hard and soft landscaping works, hard wire testing, disabled adaptations, fencing, external painting and repairs, garage improvements, asbestos removal, improvement works to internal and external communal areas (including fire protection and balconies), major refurbishment projects, small new build projects and building extensions.

The Council's requirements will be used as the basis for the framework. While principally for use by Cambridge City Council, the framework will also be made available to registered social landlords and other public bodies in Cambridgeshire.

ESPO will establish and manage the framework, which will consist of three contractors. They will require the contractors to execute a framework agreement with ESPO. The Council will then enter into specific contracts with two of these, through a service contract.

The bidder achieving the highest score following the evaluation of tender submissions will become the main (primary contractor). A back-up (secondary contractor) role will also be awarded by the city to the bidder achieving the second highest score.

The secondary contractor will provide a back-up role on occasions where the primary contractor is unable to meet project timescales.

There will be no competition between these two distinct roles. Although the framework will be for four years, the Council will be letting a specific contract under the framework for five years from 1 April 2011 until 31 March 2016.

The Council is able to make available city centre office accommodation for the contractor at agreed rates.

The Council, supported by ESPO, is planning to hold a bidders meeting at 10am on Thursday 11 February at The Belfry Hotel, Cambourne, Cambridge CB23 6BW. The meeting should finish by 12 noon. To register, please email Gloria Wright at ESPO at g.wright@espo.org or telephone 01162 944008.

For a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire please email Ian Cunningham, the ESPO Contracts Admin Officer, at i.cunningham@espo.org or telephone 0116 265 7926.

The postal address is Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation, Barnsdale Way, Grove Park, Enderby, Leicester LE19 1ES. Alternatively you can fax 0116 294 4399.

The closing date for receipt of requests to participate is 5pm on Tuesday 2 March.

Provision of marquees for outside events in 2010 will be tendered in two lots:

• Lot 1: The Co-Operative Cambridge Folk Festival
• Lot 2: Big Weekend, Cambridge Comedy Marquee Club, and bonfire night

We will dispatch invitations to tender from Tuesday 9 February. The closing date for receipt of tenders is midday on Tuesday 9 March.

To obtain tender documents email Wendy Godfrey at wendy.godfrey@cambridge.gov.uk or write to her at Arts and Entertainments, Cambridge City Council, The Guildhall, Cambridge CB2 3QJ.