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# NCC1321 Animating Ashington

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ncc1321-animating-ashington-ocds-h6vhtk-0445da). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Northumberland County Council: "NCC1321 Animating Ashington". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 4 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Northumberland County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northumberland-county-council-ons-e06000057)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 April 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- **Delivery Location:** UKC21
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £387,800 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ncc1321-animating-ashington-ocds-h6vhtk-0445da#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0445da`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ncc1321-animating-ashington-ocds-h6vhtk-0445da#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.procontract.due-north.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ncc1321-animating-ashington-ocds-h6vhtk-0445da#participate

## Description
Northumberland County Council is the lead partner for the Ashington Regeneration
Programme, with funding provided by a number of different sources. As part of this
Regeneration Programme, the Council seek to appoint an exceptional cultural and creative
professional team to design and deliver a distinct series of cultural events and activities that
engage local people and businesses, attract visitors and complement the Ashington
Investment Plan objectives. Community engagement will be at the heart of the Animating
Ashington project with a focus on children and young people.
Specifically, the project will:
• Appoint a cultural and creative professional team or company to develop and deliver a
distinct programme of intergenerational cultural inspired performance events and responses
that activate, animate and mobilise the town centre, with an overall programme theme based
on colour, animation and the high street.
• Increase activity to the town’s current offer including activation of existing and proposed
new sites to demonstrate potential through a programme of events concentrated
throughout the year. Expanded activities could include festivals, makers, craft and lifestyle
markets, projections, lighting events and engaging performances that give residents new
reasons to visit the town centre and add to the appeal of Ashington as a destination for rail
users from summer 2024.
• Increase the understanding of the town’s culture and consider contemporary responses to
support a future focused approach and vision to reimagine the purpose and function of the
town.
• Encourage business collaboration particularly with those trading in the town centre to
foster a culture of working together to present the diversity of offer and ability of the town
centre to promote Ashington as a destination.
• Increase civic pride, encourage public participation and create a legacy and local ownership
of annual events via partnership working and an asset-based approach.
• Support audience development, establish and nurture connections to residents, schools
and local businesses.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Description:** Northumberland County Council is the lead partner for the Ashington Regeneration
Programme, with funding provided by a number of different sources. As part of this
Regeneration Programme, the Council seek to appoint an exceptional cultural and creati...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 030383-2024-1-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Walk The Plank**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-124986`
  - Value: £387,800 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 030383-2024-1-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £387,800
  - Signed Date: 09/09/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F030383-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-09-23T15:19:04.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T08:18:13.201Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0445da