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Published 1 Jul 2025, 14:28 BST

Official UK procurement notice

T25-049BUS Curation and Management of Merchant Market at Foyle Maritime Festival 2026

Authority: Derry City and Strabane District Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79)Recreational, cultural and sporting services (92) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN0A)

Published estimate£20,000£20,000 inc. VAT

Submissions closed 15 Aug 2025awarded 11 Sept 2025

Awarded to MARKET PLACE (EUROPE) LIMITED

Contract term 1 moends 1 Jul 2026 · starts 1 Jun 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Derry City and Strabane District Council (DCSDC) is seeking proposals from suitably qualified individuals/organisations to curate and manage a Merchant Market at the 2026 Foyle Maritime Festival. The Foyle Maritime Festival (FMF) is due to take place from Thursday 25th until Sunday 28th June 2026 and will require an operational market featuring a range of bespoke food and high quality, bespoke crafts for the 4 consecutive days of the event. This tender requires a suitably qualified operator to provide a selection of market traders selling European food and high quality, bespoke crafts and goods for the ‘Merchant Market’ at the Foyle Maritime Festival 2026. Your submission must be submitted via etendersNI, via this CFT. No other method of submissions will be accepted. Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.

CPV: Cultural event organisation services · Event services · Festival organisation services · Recreational, cultural and sporting services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1Awarded 1 moPublished value£20,000

Contract period: 1 Jun 2026 – 1 Jul 2026 (1 mo)Value: £20,000 exc. VAT · £20,000 inc. VAT

Delivery: Northern Ireland

79952000 Event services 79952100 Cultural event organisation services 79953000 Festival organisation services 92000000 Recreational, cultural and sporting services

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

Lot awarding rule: See Tender Docs for further detail.

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: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Below threshold
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 1 Jul 2025, 14:28 BST
Last source update: 13 Apr 2026, 16:47 BST
Authority reference: T25-049BUS Curation and Management of Merchant Market at Foyle Maritime Festival 2026
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-036453
Latest notice: Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV): Cultural event organisation servicesEvent servicesFestival organisation servicesRecreational, cultural and sporting services
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN0A)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0556d4 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: 15 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline: 1 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Electronic submission: Allowed

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.etendersni.gov.uk ↗

Timeline

1 Jul 2025 → 1 Jun 2026 · 5 dates

Tender notice published
1 Jul 2025, 14:28 BST
Clarification questions by
1 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission deadline
15 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Latest notice published199 days ago
13 Apr 2026, 16:47 BST
Contract starts150 days ago
1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Jul 2025

Tender notice published
1 Jul 2025, 14:28 BST
UK4
Contract award notice published
13 Apr 2026, 16:47 BST
UK6
Status changed to complete
13 Apr 2026, 16:47 BST
Contract signature expected
13 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value (inc. VAT) £38,8201 award inc. VAT; no net value published

Bids received 11 from SMEs

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
MARKET PLACE (EUROPE) LIMITEDSME14 Apr 2026 – 29 Jun 2026	£38,820 inc. VAT	11 Sept 2025	Awarded

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1final-stage tenders	1	0	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Derry City and Strabane District Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PGJQ-8275-HLMG 98 Strand Road, Derry, Northern Ireland, BT48 7NNContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

MARKET PLACE (EUROPE) LIMITEDAwarded supplier The Forum, Fitzroy Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, North West, OL7 0JGContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender13 Apr 2026, 16:47 BST
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender1 Jul 2025, 14:28 BST