Official UK procurement notice
Provision of a Visitor Centre and Tour Operator for Belfast City Cemetery
Authority: Belfast City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
Belfast City Council requires an organisation, or collective of organisations or individuals to work with the Council to promote and operate the visitor centre, including operation of walking tours of Belfast’s City Cemetery. The following will be required under the contract:
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBelfast City Council requires an organisation, or collective of organisations or individuals to work with the Council to promote and operate the visitor centre, including operation of walking tours of Belfast’s City Cemetery.
CPV: Other community, social and personal services · Recreational, cultural and sporting services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1CancelledPublished value£195,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (7)
- Implementation Plan: 10%
- Proposed Approach to Service Delivery: 10%
- Staff Resourcing, Sub-contractors and Workload Planning: 10%
- Marketing and Promotion: 10%
- Project Management and Reporting: 10%
- price: 35%
- Social Value: 15%
Published award criteria (7)
- Implementation Plan: 10
- Proposed Approach to Service Delivery: 10
- Staff Resourcing, Sub-contractors and Workload Planning: 10
- Marketing and Promotion: 10
- Project Management and Reporting: 10
- Social Value: 15
- Price: 35
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- 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
- 12 Sept 2024, 15:32 BST
- Last source update
- 15 May 2025, 10:44 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 17 Feb 2025 – …
- Authority reference
T2540- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-021603- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-049a68Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: No tenders received. Opportunity will be retendered in 2025.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 17 Feb 2025, 12:05 GMT
Timeline
17 Feb 2025 → 15 May 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline17 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened17 Feb 2025, 12:05 GMT
- Notice published15 May 2025, 10:44 BST
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Jan 2025- Published value published: £195,00017 Jan 2025, 09:36 GMT
- Procurement method changed17 Jan 2025, 09:36 GMT
- Deadline moved to 17 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT17 Jan 2025, 09:36 GMT+129 days · was 11 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
- Buyer details updated17 Jan 2025, 10:25 GMT
- Status changed to unsuccessful15 May 2025, 10:44 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextII.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system · II.2.7 | Duration in months 48 | Duration in months 36 |
Incorrect contract period included in original notice. Should be 36 months instead of 48 months.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2024-09: 1 release · 12 Sept 2024
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria