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Provision of a Visitor Centre and Tour Operator for Belfast City Cemetery

Other community
social and personal services
Recreational
+1 more
Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Intelligence
Published evidence · v1
Prepared 7 Sept 2026, 17:31 BST
A pre-calculated analytical view of official UK procurement facts, competition benchmarks and decision timelines.
Bid readiness
Review notice
Submission deadline not published
Check official notice for submission route
Scope structure
1lots
1 lot · 1 published item
2 published CPV families
Decision Velocity
~44 days
Typical sector award window after deadline
Sector median: 44 days
Contract lifecycle
Not published
No future linked contract end in retained records
No published extension signal
Sector Market Benchmark (CPV 98)
Based on 4,003 published procedures
Median Winning Discount
2.94%
Award reduction below published budget
Typical Bids Received
3 bidders
Median competitive participation in sector
Typical Evaluation Window
44 days
Median time between deadline and award
Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 98)
Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
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Evidence coverage
6/12 core inputs published
Standard procedure facts
Comparable published opportunities
Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They are research comparables, not expected competitors or a price forecast.
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Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Values and dates are retained OCDS facts; missing source data remains unknown.
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Belfast City Council: "Provision of a Visitor Centre and Tour Operator for Belfast City Cemetery". Published status: unsuccessful. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityBelfast City CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
unsuccessful
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Belfast City Council
Market Analytics
View Authority Profile →
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Belfast City Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
2Bids / Report (median)
44.8% of reports have one bid · Mean: 6.1 bids
Supplier ConcentrationLow Concentration
MayWe Events LtdTop vendor: 1.7% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 58 active published awards; 58 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 92):
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable ValueAvg. Price Discount
MayWe Events Ltd2 wins£902,074—
An Droichead1 win£2,700,000—
Another World Belfast CIC1 win£2,700,000—
Belfast Film Festival1 win£2,700,000—
Belfast International Arts Festival1 win£2,700,000—
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityBelfast City Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusunsuccessful
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published15 May 2025, 10:44 BST
Last source update15 May 2025, 10:44 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationOther community, social and personal services, Recreational, cultural and sporting services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN06)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-049a68
What is being bought
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.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to unsuccessful
    15 May 2025, 10:44 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    15 May 2025, 10:44 BST
  3. tender value changed
    17 Jan 2025, 10:25 GMT
  4. Status changed to published status
    17 Jan 2025, 10:25 GMT
  5. Official notice release published
    17 Jan 2025, 10:25 GMT
  6. Submission deadline changed to published date
    17 Jan 2025, 10:25 GMT
  7. Buyer information updated
    17 Jan 2025, 10:25 GMT
  8. Published value updated to £195,000
    17 Jan 2025, 09:36 GMT
  9. Official notice release published
    17 Jan 2025, 09:36 GMT
  10. Submission deadline changed to 17 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
    17 Jan 2025, 09:36 GMT
  11. Status changed to active
    12 Sept 2024, 15:32 BST
  12. Official notice release published
    12 Sept 2024, 15:32 BST
  13. Submission deadline changed to 11 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
    12 Sept 2024, 15:32 BST
  14. Buyer information updated
    12 Sept 2024, 15:32 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    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: • Operation and management of an accessible public building • Provision of specialist adult workshops (Genealogy, Archaeology Stone carving, Biodiversity skills) • Provision of educational and youth events • Operation of walking tours of the site & any associated commercial activity • Marketing and Communications • Programming events - Although not a requirement of this tender, the successful Bidder will be encouraged to come forward with their own programming ideas
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    15 May 2025, 10:44 BST
  2. Award unsuccessful
    Not published · Not published
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Provision of a Visitor Centre and Tour Operator for Belfast City Cemetery
Not published · Not published · unsuccessful
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Belfast City Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-21397
View buyer profile

  • Belfast City Council
    buyer

    9-21 Adelaide Street, Belfast, UKN06, BT2 8DJ
    [email protected]

  • Royal Courts of Justice
    reviewBody

    Chichester Street, Belfast, BT1 3JF
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