Official UK procurement notice
RFQ 2026/46 - NMANDD PEACEPLUS “Thriving Together” - Celebrating Cultures and Diversity - 3.2 Creative Language Exchange
Authority: Newry Mourne & Down District Council (Local council)
Competent and creative suppliers are hereby invited to tender for the design, development, and delivery of an engaging Creative language exchange programme. The project will deliver an inclusive Creative Language Exchange programme that uses music and cultural sharing to bring people together.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCompetent and creative suppliers are hereby invited to tender for the design, development, and delivery of an engaging Creative language exchange programme. The project will deliver an inclusive Creative Language Exchange programme that uses music and cultural sharing to bring people together. Participants will learn songs in different languages, explore diverse cultures, and share their own experiences in a welcoming environment. Working towards a public performance, the programme will celebrate linguistic and cultural diversity while promoting inclusion, intercultural understanding, and belonging. The programme aims to strengthen community connections, support the integration of minority communities, and build more inclusive and cohesive communities across the district.
CPV: Education and training services · Other community, social and personal services · Recreational, cultural and sporting services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat 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 (2)
- As per RFQ Documentation: 80%
- As per RFQ Documentation: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- As per RFQ Documentation
- As per RFQ Documentation
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £20,307 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Newry Mourne & Down District Council buys Recreational, cultural and sporting (CPV 92), and who usually turns up
Newry Mourne & Down District Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Recreational, cultural and sporting (CPV 92) →
How the contest usually goes
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 26 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid45% / 14%
2–336% / 44%
4–618% / 31%
7+0% / 11%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate16% / 39%
Within ±2%29% / 46%
Above estimate55% / 16%
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1CPV 92Published estimate£10k
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 92. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid67%
2–315%
4–616%
7+2%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 23 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£10k–£10k
Estimate£10k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| HEALTHY KIDZ CICLive contract | RFQ 2026/25 - NMANDD PEACEPLUS Thriving Together Celebrating Cultures and Diversity 3.5 Sports Festivalruns to Dec 2026 | — | £20k | Matched as the earlier contract |
| HEALTHY KIDZ CICWorked for this buyer | RFQ2026/33 - NMANDD PEACEPLUS Thriving Together PEACEPLUS 3.2 Creative Cultures After schoolnotice published Oct 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Clanrye Group LimitedWorked for this buyer | ITT 55/2026 - PEACEPLUS Social & Emotional Support Programme - Rhythm Across Generationsnotice published Oct 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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HEALTHY KIDZ CICLarge | £2.3m4 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 3 live · £2.0m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=4 |
| £481k5 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 3 live · £599k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 5% below n=4 | |
| £998k4 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | 1 live · £360k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=3 | |
| £295k6 awards in 36m · last 5 months ago | 4 live · £217k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 3% below n=1 | |
| £60k1 award in 36m · last 2 months ago | 1 live · £60k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
64% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
64% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (64% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
RFQ 2026/25 - NMANDD PEACEPLUS Thriving Together Celebrating Cultures and Diversity 3.5 Sports Festival — held by HEALTHY KIDZ CIC; the published contract ends 31 Dec 2026.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 3 Nov 2026, 11:00 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Nov 2026, 11:00 GMT
- Authority reference
CA18634- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-104094- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-079654Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
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- Tender submission deadline
- 1 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 24 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
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Timeline
3 Nov 2026 → 14 Dec 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published3h ago3 Nov 2026, 11:00 GMT
- Today3 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 20 days24 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 27 days1 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 40 days14 Dec 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published3 Nov 2026, 11:00 GMTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender