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Provision of Audience Seating & Temporary Portable Staging

Buyer: Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama →

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BuyerRoyal Welsh College of Music and Drama
StatusAwarded
Deadline15 Jul 2026
Value£83,333
Published7 Aug 2026

What is being bought

As part of its ongoing redevelopment of the Old Library in Cardiff into a performance and teaching space, The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (RWCMD) seeks to purchase audience seating and portable temporary staging for the Sir Howard Stringer Studio.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Lot 2

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

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

Contracts

RWCMD Contract - lot 1 Audience Seating

Statusactive
Value£46,481

RWCMD Lot 2 - Portable Staging Contract

Statusactive
Value£33,973

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06bbf0
Latest release ID075131-2026
Latest release timestampFri Aug 07 2026 09:09:58 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059323-2026
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 source2
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release2
Contracts in latest release2
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
7 Aug 2026award, contract075131-2026
24 Jun 2026tender059323-2026

All source data

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

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
7 Aug 2026 · 075131-2026 · award, contract
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