How to win: PAN3566 - Request for a Priced Proposal to Operate Funfairs at Abbey Park, Leicester

About this contract

Leicester City Council invites proposals from suitably qualified Funfair operators for a funfair at Abbey Park, Leicester for its Tourism, Culture & Inward Investment Team. A site visit is being held to the site at 10am on 20 October 2026. Suppliers shall confirm attendance via the ProContract portal. The proposed contract will be for one year with options to extend for a period or periods totalling no more than up to a further one year. Further information about the opportunity can be found in the tender documentation. Submissions must be received by 12:0 noon on 12 November 2026 at the very latest via the EastMidsTenders portal: https://www.eastmidstenders.org/index.html. Any queries/questions regarding this opportunity must be received via the ProContract portal only. To assist potential Suppliers, the link, https://supplierhelp.due-north.com/ provides helpful user guides on using the ProContract portal. Furthermore, Suppliers will be required to register on the Central Digital Platform (a Find a Tender service). To assist prospective Suppliers, Cabinet Office have published video guides with accompanying PDF user manuals which will help Suppliers understand and navigate t

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Leicester City Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £400,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 12 November 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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