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Creative Oracy Project

Buyer: Greater Manchester Combined Authority →

BuyerGreater Manchester Combined Authority

StatusAwarded

DeadlineNot published

ValueValue not published

Published26 Mar 2026

What is being bought

Management and delivery of creative oracy project as part of the GM Creative Health Place Partnership Programme. This includes project management, co-design process with library staff, speech and language experts and creative practitioners. Development and delivery of training, ongoing support for staff during delivery, top up training, creation of shareable resources and evaluation.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

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 regimelightTouch

Covered byNot published

Submission policyNot published

Selection criteriaNot published

Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published

No-engagement rationaleNot published

Planning documents0

Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

1

Statusactive

SupplierZion Arts Centre Limited

Contracts

GMCA 1233-5 - Creative Oracy Project

Statusactive

Value£85,550

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

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

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Latest release ID	027928-2026
Latest release timestamp	Thu Mar 26 2026 13:19:17 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	Not published
Tender status	complete
Procurement method	direct
Procurement method details	Below threshold - without competition
Main procurement category	Not published
Above threshold	Not published
Legal basis	2023/54
Tender period: start	Not published
Tender period: end	Not published
Expression of interest deadline	Not published
Enquiry deadline	Not published
Award period: start	Not published
Award period: end	Not published
Submission method details	Not published
Submission languages	Not published
Electronic catalogue policy	Not published
Total tender value	Not published
Tender lots in source	1
Tender items in source	0
Tender documents in source	0
Awards in latest release	1
Contracts in latest release	1
Parties in latest release	2

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
26 Mar 2026	award, contract	027928-2026

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)

26 Mar 2026 · 027928-2026 · award, contract

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