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Published 30 Oct 2025, 10:42 GMT

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RFQ2025/35 - NMANDD PEACEPLUS Local Action Plan Cultural Programme – “Disability and Creativity Festival” for the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council area.

Official notice

Authority: Newry Mourne & Down District Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£19,545£23,454 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 27 Nov 2025
Contract term 8 moends 31 Aug 2026 · starts 1 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Competent Consultancy companies are hereby invited to tender to design, develop and deliver a Cultural Programme “Disability and Creativity Festival” to bring together people from different backgrounds. It celebrates the artistic talents of disabled people. Through workshops, performances, and exhibitions, participants will create and showcase work across visual art, music, and storytelling. The festival promotes inclusion, challenges perceptions, and invites the wider community to engage with disability through creativity. This project will be delivered through a blended approach of workshops, festival planning culminating in a themed festival.

CPV: Education and training services · Other community, social and personal services · Recreational, cultural and sporting services · Welfare services for disabled people

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 8 moSMEVCSEPublished value£19,545
Contract period: 1 Jan 2026 – 31 Aug 2026 (8 mo)Value: £19,545 exc. VAT · £23,454 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

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: 80%Price: 20%
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
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
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
30 Oct 2025, 10:42 GMT
Last source update
30 Oct 2025, 10:42 GMT
Authority reference
CA16681
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-069645
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Education and training servicesOther community, social and personal servicesRecreational, cultural and sporting servicesWelfare services for disabled people
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
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How it was run

Official notice
Run through: MultiQuote · Who buys & how to bid on MultiQuote
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free
Submission deadline
27 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
21 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

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Timeline

30 Oct 2025 → 1 Jan 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published361 days ago
    30 Oct 2025, 10:42 GMT
  2. Clarification questions by339 days ago
    21 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Submission deadline333 days ago
    27 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
  4. Contract starts298 days ago
    1 Jan 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    30 Oct 2025, 10:42 GMT
    UK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD)

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-PPON: PJMQ-5831-RNZM O' Hagan House, Monaghan Row, Newry, Northern Ireland, BT35 8DJContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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