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Call for Sponsorship - Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2026

Advertising services
Recreational
cultural and sporting services
Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Published value
£1
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Belfast City Council: "Call for Sponsorship - Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2026". Published status: planning. Published value: £1. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityBelfast City CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£1
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Belfast City Council
Market Analytics
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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.
Published-to-award variance
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. Published-to-award variance 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published5 Nov 2025, 10:16 GMT
Last source update5 Nov 2025, 10:16 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationAdvertising services, Recreational, cultural and sporting services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN06)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05daa2
What is being bought
Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, the world’s biggest celebration of Irish music and culture, is coming to Belfast for the first time from Sunday 2 to Sunday 9 August 2026. Over 700,000 people are expected to attend this momentous event in Belfast. With extensive media coverage across TV, radio, print, and digital, this is a unique opportunity to connect your brand with community, culture, tourism and a positive legacy for Belfast. Your support will help fund: • free public performances • music education • accessibility and inclusivity initiatives • local economic growth
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £1
    5 Nov 2025, 10:16 GMT
  2. Status changed to planning
    5 Nov 2025, 10:16 GMT
  3. Official notice release published
    5 Nov 2025, 10:16 GMT
  4. Buyer information updated
    5 Nov 2025, 10:16 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    5 Nov 2025, 10:16 GMT
  2. Procedure published
    5 Nov 2025, 10:16 GMT
  3. engagement
    9 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    We are now welcoming expressions of interest from potential sponsors who would like to be part of this landmark event. With hundreds of events, dozens of venues and multiple touchpoints, there are many ways for brands to be seen and support the Belfast Fleadh. A range of tailored sponsorship opportunities are available. If you are interested in exploring partnership or sponsorship opportunities, please email cps@belfastcity.gov.uk using ‘Fleadh sponsorship’ in your subject line. Please note that, since this is neither a call for competition nor a procurement, it has been assigned a nominal monetary value of £1.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
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
    cps@belfastcity.gov.uk
Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published