The Chief Officer Culture and Economy authorised the direct award of a 5 year £0 value contract to ASM Global Ltd for the hire of the Arena to facilitate call-off orders totalling up to a maximum of £500,000 over the period of the Contract. The contract award is in the best interest of the Council relying on public contracts regulation 32 (2) (b) where the works, supplies, or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator as the competition is absent for technical reasons. The technical reason is the Arena is the only indoor venue in the City that has capacity for 5000 to 10,000 attendees.
The overall contract will be self-funding from income generated by exhibitors at the events.