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BuyerNorth East Combined Authority
StatusClosed
Deadline7 May 2026
Value£200,000
Published15 Apr 2026

What is being bought

The North East Combined Authority (North East CA) is inviting suitably qualified and experienced suppliers to tender for appointment to a framework agreement for event management services. The framework will support North East CA and its partners in the planning, delivery and evaluation of key agreed events that showcase and promote regional initiatives to a range of audiences, including businesses, stakeholders and local communities. High-quality, well-targeted and professionally managed events are a key part of how the North East CA engages partners, communicates strategic priorities and demonstrates the impact of regional programmes. Please note the deadline for clarifications is 29th April.

Delivery location

UKC14, GB · UKC2, GB

Categories

Advertising and marketing services 79340000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£200,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Jun 2026 to 1 Jun 2028
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Quality (80%)
Price (20%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Advertising and marketing servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Advertising and marketing services (79340000); 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 795,8423 median · 31.3 average (1,896 of 5,842 with a bid count)3.1 average (2,120 of 5,842 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer9Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKC14208 median · 8.5 average (4 of 20 with a bid count)2.3 average (4 of 20 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)6413.5 median · 7 average (22 of 641 with a bid count)1 average (22 of 641 with named award suppliers)Not 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 agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimelightTouch
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
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.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-066244
Latest release ID034035-2026
Latest release timestampWed Apr 15 2026 09:09:13 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034035-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-05-07T17:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-04-29T23:59:59+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-05-26T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailshttps://www.open-uk.org/ REF: OPEN2026405
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£200,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source3
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
15 Apr 2026tender034035-2026
1 Apr 2026planningUpdate030129-2026
4 Mar 2026planning019551-2026

All source data

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

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Complete JSON history (3 releases)
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4 Mar 2026 · 019551-2026 · planning
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