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Published 17 Aug 2022, 14:54 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Newcastle Creates · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: NEWCATLE CITY COUNCIL (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£760,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 1 Sept 2022awarded 22 Nov 2022
Awarded to CURATED PLACE LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Creative Production Services and subsequent delivery of Festival for Newcastle City Council

CPV: Festival organisation services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£76,000,000
Delivery: North East · Newcastle Upon Tyne
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 160Price: 40
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Quality: 80
  • Quality: 80
  • Price: 20
  • Price: 20
Published award criteria (4)
  • Quality: 80%
  • Price: 20%
  • Quality: 80%
  • Price: 20%
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Newcastle City Council are seeking a supplier who can conceive, design and deliver an annual festival in the city of Newcastle Upon Tyne under the working title of Newcastle 'Creates'

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 200 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
17 Aug 2022, 14:54 BST
Last source update
13 Dec 2022, 14:49 GMT
Award evaluation window
18 Sept 2022 – …
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-035249
Classification (CPV)
Festival organisation services
Delivery area
North East (UKC)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-035f82 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
1 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
18 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

1 Sept 2022 → 13 Dec 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    1 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    18 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    13 Dec 2022, 14:49 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Dec 2022
  1. Status changed to complete
    13 Dec 2022, 14:49 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    13 Dec 2022, 14:49 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextAbility to register an interest · IVDate for ability to register an interest is 22.8.2022. https://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/View?advertId=9d8c7871-251e-ed11-8117-005056b64545&fromAdvertEvent=TrueDate for ability to register an interest should read 17.8.2022. https://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/View?advertId=9d8c7871-251e-ed11-8117-005056b64545&fromAdvertEvent=True

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £240,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Nov 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
CURATED PLACE LTDSME£240,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 035249-2022-1 · CURATED PLACE LTDSME

    Signed
    22 Nov 2022
    Value
    £240,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic3——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

NEWCATLE CITY COUNCIL

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Civic Centre,, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, North East, NE18QHContact name, email, phone

Consortium members and other public bodies

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • CourtsReview body London
  • UK CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Curated PlaceAwarded supplierGB-COH: 07863447 Manchester, North East

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria