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Belfast Stories Experience Design Team

No classification published
Location not published
Published value
£1,500,000
Submission deadline 24 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Belfast City Council: "Belfast Stories Experience Design Team". Published status: complete. Published value: £1,500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 24 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityBelfast City CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Closed
24 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£1,500,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Belfast City Council
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Belfast City Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
2Bids / Report
50% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
John McQuillan (Contracts) LtdTop vendor: 56.2% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 43 active published awards; 4 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
John McQuillan (Contracts) Ltd1 win£3,257,922
Ralph Appelbaum Associates1 win£1,736,159
WJM1 win£800,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityBelfast City Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published24 Jul 2026, 16:12 BST
Last source update24 Jul 2026, 16:12 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06593c
What is being bought
The purpose of this procurement process is to successfully appoint an Experience Design Team (“EDT” or “Designer”) for the Belfast Stories Project. An interpretive masterplan has been previously completed along with a concept design to RIBA stage 2. This procurement process is to appoint a team to take the existing interpretive masterplan and concept design and develop them further from RIBA stages 3 to 7. The overarching interpretive framework is critical to ensuring that the concept of Belfast Stories is fully integrated across all elements of the project including but not limited to the main exhibition. The exhibition design and its content will be central to delivering an excellent visitor experience and maximising connectivity across the site and into the city. The Experience Design Team (EDT), is to lead and manage the EDT. The EDT shall include the DTM disciplines of Interpretative Planner, Exhibition Designer, Visitor Experience Consultant and Curator and shall also include, but is not limited to, Digital Design Engineers, Specialist Lighting and Sound Designers & Engineers , Specialist Display Structural Designers & Engineers, Specialist Display Mechanical and Electrical Designers & Engineers, Digital Lead, Graphic Designer, Specialist Curatorial Team Building Information Modelling (BIM) Designer.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    24 Jul 2026, 16:12 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    24 Jul 2026, 16:12 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    24 Jul 2026, 16:12 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to published date
    24 Jul 2026, 16:12 BST
  5. Published value updated to £1,500,000
    20 Feb 2026, 12:57 GMT
  6. Status changed to active
    20 Feb 2026, 12:57 GMT
  7. Official notice release published
    20 Feb 2026, 12:57 GMT
  8. Submission deadline changed to 24 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
    20 Feb 2026, 12:57 GMT
  9. Buyer information updated
    20 Feb 2026, 12:57 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    24 Jul 2026, 16:12 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    24 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
  3. Award active
    16 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST · £1,736,159
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Ralph Appelbaum Associates
£1,736,159 · 16 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST · active
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
finalStageBids: 1 (lot 1)
smeFinalStageBids: 1 (lot 1)
vcseFinalStageBids: 0 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Belfast City Council

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PQXY-5321-CGZM
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  • Belfast City Council
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PQXY-5321-CGZM
    9-21 Adelaide Street, Belfast, UKN06, BT2 8DJ, GB
  • Ralph Appelbaum Associates
    supplier

    GB-COH: FC022214
    80 Goswell Road, London, UKI43, EC1V 7DB, GB
Award and contract changes
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