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T25-051BUS Tender for Nighttime Illumination of Tall Ships at 2026 Foyle Maritime Festival

Buyer: Derry City and Strabane District Council →

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BuyerDerry City and Strabane District Council
StatusClosed
Deadline5 Sept 2025
Value£30,000
Published23 Jul 2025

What is being bought

Derry and Strabane District Council (DCSDC) invites proposals from suitably qualified organisations to illuminate the ships and vessels procured for 3 nights of the 2026 Foyle Maritime Festival which will take place from Thursday 25th to Sunday 28th June next year. Applauded for its ambitious and dynamic programme of events both on and off the water, the award-winning festival is located alongside the River Foyle in the heart of Derry city, spanning 1.5 miles along the riverfront. A range of themed zones and performance spaces are located throughout, all set to a magical backdrop of live music, animation, markets, visiting ships and boats, fantastic food and bespoke keynote events. Renowned as one of the largest maritime events to occur in Ireland and the UK, this bi-annual event attracted approximately 135,000 attendees when it last occurred for 4 days in 2024, appealing to local, regional, national and international visitors. For 2026 Council are extending the spectacle and magic created by former festival showcases by delivering a light installation over 3 nights of the festival from 9pm until dawn. Entitled ‘Sails of Solas’, the illumination of the tall masts and sails of the ships procured for the festival, will create a striking display of light and reflection along the riverfront. The bespoke illumination of the boats will present them in a new light emphasising their grandeur and majesty while the timing of the display invites people to revel in a private viewing as the city and ships sleep. 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.

Delivery location

UKN0A, GB

Categories

Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting 31000000Lighting equipment and electric lamps 31500000Parts of lamps and lighting equipment 31530000Lighting for ship guidance and illumination 34994000Recreational, cultural and sporting services 92000000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£30,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Jun 2026 to 30 Jun 2026

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Recreational, cultural and sporting services, Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting, Lighting equipment and electric lamps, Parts of lamps and lighting equipment, Lighting for ship guidance and illuminationNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 31. The category anchor is Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting (31000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 311,2395 median · 76 average (312 of 1,239 with a bid count)6.4 average (366 of 1,239 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer2Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKN0A2Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)36Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-056472
Latest release ID042297-2025
Latest release timestampWed Jul 23 2025 10:07:06 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/042297-2025
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2025-09-05T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2025-08-22T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailswww.etendersni.gov.uk
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£30,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
23 Jul 2025tender042297-2025

All source data

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