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Audio Media Guide Solution

Buyer: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority →

BuyerLiverpool City Region Combined Authority
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published24 Apr 2026

What is being bought

**This is not a call for Competition - this is Pre-Market Engagement** The Beatles Story (TBS) is an award-winning attraction based in the band's birthplace of Liverpool, telling the story of lives, times, and music of The Beatles as an immersive exhibition, and perpetuating the legacy of what is considered by worldwide influential music critics and fans to be the greatest band in the world. TBS is conducting Pre-Market Engagement with suppliers to understand possible solutions for an Audio Media Guide system. TBS kindly invite suppliers to complete the link to the PME Questionnaire. We would like to take the opportunity in advance to thank suppliers for taking the time to assist The Beatles Story with our market engagement exercise.

Delivery location

UKD7, GB

Categories

Museum-exhibition services 92521100

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 31 Mar 2027 to 31 Mar 2032

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Museum-exhibition servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 92. The category anchor is Museum-exhibition services (92521100); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 926293 median · 26.9 average (89 of 629 with a bid count)2.9 average (102 of 629 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKD72Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
The Beatles Story invite suppliers to complete the Microsoft Forms Questionnaire via the link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/mbhzGZjbYt The deadline for completing the form is 08/05/2026 at 17:00hrs If there are any clarification Questions please submit to Tender@liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.ukengagement8 May 2026scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-068a44
Latest release ID037369-2026
Latest release timestampFri Apr 24 2026 08:10:26 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
24 Apr 2026planning037369-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
24 Apr 2026 · 037369-2026 · planning
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