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# PAN2118 - Proposal to Install and Operate an Observation Wheel

[Leicester City Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/leicester-city-council)

Estimated value

£75,000

Published

23 Apr 2019

Deadline

Closed

14 May 2019

## Who can bid

- Small contract value

    Valued under £135,018 including VAT, the lowest Procurement Act threshold for goods and services.
- Open procedure

    Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage.

## About this tender

Leicester City Council "The Authority" is looking for proposals from suitably qualified operators to install and operate an observation wheel as part of the City's winter events programmes.

The vision is for a spectacular observation wheel to be a focal point of the Diwali celebrations to open for the Diwali Lights switch on event and be located on Belgrave Road. It would then be relocated to Jubilee Square to be operational as per the dates below.

The observation wheel will be required in the first year as follows:

• Diwali, Belgrave Road, operational from Friday, 11 October to Sunday 3 November 2019.

• Christmas, Jubilee Square, operational from Friday, 8 November 2019 to Sunday, 8 January 2020.

Further information about the opportunity can be found in the tender documentation.

Submissions must be received via the EastMidsTenders portal: [eastmidstenders.org/index.html](https://www.eastmidstenders.org/index.html) and this should be returned by 12:00 noon on 14 May 2019 at the very latest.

## CPV classification

Recreational, cultural and sporting services

Source

Contracts Finder (UK)

[View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/d39a1741-fc9a-4df5-bc8f-9fd166e7c7de)

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