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T26-014BUS Large Scale Animations for Events - Restricted List

Buyer: Derry City and Strabane District Council →

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BuyerDerry City and Strabane District Council
StatusAwarded
Deadline20 Feb 2026
Value£100,000
Published11 Mar 2026

What is being bought

Derry City and Strabane District Council wishes to invite expressions of interest from suitably qualified, competent organisations to be included on a restricted list for the provision of Large-Scale Animation/Installations to assist the festival and events team in the delivery of Council events taking place between March 2026 and March 2027. The purpose of this exercise is to develop a restricted list of Creative Organisations that have the ability to create, delivery, and produce large scale installations/animations as part of Events Calendar. 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.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

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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 policyNot published
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.

Awards

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OCIDocds-h6vhtk-060ac1
Latest release ID021653-2026
Latest release timestampWed Mar 11 2026 10:19:28 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005170-2026
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release7

Notice history

DateEventReference
11 Mar 2026award, contract021653-2026
21 Jan 2026tender005170-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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21 Jan 2026 · 005170-2026 · tender
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