Craft Markets for the 2019 Lord Mayor's Rural & Seaside Show and Kite Festival

Portsmouth City Council (the 'Authority') is inviting expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced providers to tender for this project. This 3 day free event takes place on Castle Field on Southsea seafront and attracts over 30,000 people.

The show includes trade stands, workshops, activities, children's rides, arena displays and catering concessions. This 2 day free event takes place on Southsea Common and attracts 6,000-8,000 people per day.

The show includes a number of kite flying demonstrations, trade stands, workshops, activities, children's rides and catering concessions. The market must be organised as individual gazebos which must be appropriate for seafront weather conditions., with pitches for traders offering a broad range of stalls appropriate for the event.

The Authority envisages the market will consist of a minimum of 10 stalls and a maximum of 20 stalls. Please note, stalls selling food, alcohol, drink or charity stalls will not be accepted as part of this application as these stalls are booked separately by the Authority's Events Team.

The initial contract period for each Lot will be for 1 year, extendable by 1 year to a maximum of 2 years subject to performance and agreement of all parties. Both Lots are offered as a service concession and as such, the successful provider will be required to make a payment to the Authority.

The closing date for receipt of your expression of interest is given against the heading entitled - Date documents can be requested until. Additional information: Portsmouth City Council is currently in the process of seeking expressions of interest for the following project - Craft Markets for the 2019 Lord Mayor's Rural & Seaside Show and Kite Festival.

The full details and ability to express an interest will be via our e-sourcing system Intend. This filepath will take you to the relevant area of Intend, https://in-tendhost.co.uk/portsmouthcc/aspx/Tenders/Current Once on the page you can either scroll down or use the search function to find the relevant project.