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Newcastle Christmas Market - Market Design and Decoration

Buyer: Newcastle City Council →

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BuyerNewcastle City Council
StatusOpen
Deadline14 Sept 2026
Value£80,000
Published25 Aug 2026

What is being bought

Newcastle City Council is looking to appoint a provider to undertake the aesthetic design and decoration of the Christmas market for the Christmas period of 2026 with an Option to Extend into the Christmas period of 2027. We are also looking for the provider to implement the design and supply/maintain/remove the dressing.

Delivery location

UKC22, GB

Categories

Specialty design services 79930000Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services 79950000Arts-facility operation services 92320000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£80,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Oct 2026 to 30 Sept 2027
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Specialty design services, Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services, Arts-facility operation servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Specialty design services (79930000); 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 794,3063 median · 33.5 average (1,178 of 4,306 with a bid count)2.8 average (1,319 of 4,306 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer7Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKC22132 median · 7.9 average (7 of 13 with a bid count)1.4 average (7 of 13 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)5355 median · 6.5 average (4 of 535 with a bid count)1 average (4 of 535 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 agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
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-06eb7b
Latest release ID080807-2026
Latest release timestampTue Aug 25 2026 11:18:24 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080807-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-09-14T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-09-08T17:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsFor ITT documents for this opportunity please visit www.open-uk.org/
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£80,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
25 Aug 2026tender080807-2026

All source data

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

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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