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T2692 Provision of Fairground Rides and Entertainment Packages for Council Evenits

No classification published
Location not published
Official notice
Published value
£800,000
Submission deadline 26 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
Lots published2
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Belfast City Council: "T2692 Provision of Fairground Rides and Entertainment Packages for Council Evenits". Published status: complete. Published value: £800,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 26 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityBelfast City CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Closed
26 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£800,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Belfast City Council
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Belfast City Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
2Bids / Report
50% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
John McQuillan (Contracts) LtdTop vendor: 56.2% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 43 active published awards; 4 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
John McQuillan (Contracts) Ltd1 win£3,257,922
Ralph Appelbaum Associates1 win£1,736,159
WJM1 win£800,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityBelfast City Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published15 May 2026, 15:51 BST
Last source update15 May 2026, 15:51 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05f4f2
What is being bought
The Council requires the provision, delivery, installation, safe operation, supervision, and removal of fairground rides, inflatables, and family‑focused entertainment activities for Council‑managed public events across Belfast. Lot 1 includes children’s fairground rides and inflatables, supplied with trained operators, full safety documentation (PIPA/ADIPS, BS EN 14960), generators, staffing, and transport. Lot 2 includes entertainment activities such as face painting, balloon modelling, arts and crafts, walkabout performers, interactive shows, sensory play, game stalls, and an onsite coordinator, with all materials, equipment, and staffing provided. Services must be delivered at multiple event locations and scaled to meet varying event requirements throughout the contract period.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    15 May 2026, 15:51 BST
  2. tender value changed
    5 May 2026, 14:46 BST
  3. Status changed to complete
    5 May 2026, 14:46 BST
  4. Official notice release published
    5 May 2026, 14:46 BST
  5. Published value updated to £800,000
    12 Dec 2025, 14:22 GMT
  6. Status changed to active
    12 Dec 2025, 14:22 GMT
  7. Official notice release published
    12 Dec 2025, 14:22 GMT
  8. Buyer information updated
    12 Dec 2025, 14:22 GMT
Lots and requirements (2)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #Lot 1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #Lot 2
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    15 May 2026, 15:51 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    26 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  4. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  5. Contract active
    Signed 15 May 2026, 00:00 BST · £205,000
  6. Contract active
    Signed 15 May 2026, 00:00 BST · £175,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
G Force Amusements Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Friendly Faces
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£205,000 · signed 15 May 2026, 00:00 BST · active
Contract period: 1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST — 31 May 2029, 23:59 BST
Contract
£175,000 · signed 15 May 2026, 00:00 BST · active
Contract period: 1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST — 31 May 2029, 23:59 BST
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Belfast City Council

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PQXY-5321-CGZM
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Documents (1)
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