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# Town Deals – Carlisle Library – Digital Community Learning Hub

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/town-deals-carlisle-library-digital-community-learning-hub-ocds-h6vhtk-02f8cc). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Cumbria County Council: "Town Deals – Carlisle Library – Digital Community Learning Hub". Published status: complete. Published Value: £180,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 5 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.the-chest.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Cumbria County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cumbria-county-council-GB-FTS-12)
- **Published Value:** £180,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 5 January 2022 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £170,371 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02f8cc`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/town-deals-carlisle-library-digital-community-learning-hub-ocds-h6vhtk-02f8cc#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [the-chest.org.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-chest.org.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/town-deals-carlisle-library-digital-community-learning-hub-ocds-h6vhtk-02f8cc#participate

## Description
This is an exciting opportunity to entirely redesign the councils ‘customer experience’ in an established city centre location offering a quality ‘one stop’ shop for customers. The new digital community learning hub will be a space where customers and visitors can experience a wide-ranging offer including:
• A library service fit for the 21st Century
• A modern learning environment where people can experience educational classes, educational drop-ins, pop up learning experiences and get the support they need to support them in every aspect of their life and in their work
• A hub for Cultural activities
• A place of historic learning – home to an established and popular local studies collection
• A place for ‘immersive’ experiences and events – such as ‘dark skies nights’, storytelling experiences
• A safe, inclusive and welcoming place to go for all – regardless of ethnicity, age, ability, gender, religion and diversity

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** This is an exciting opportunity to entirely redesign the councils ‘customer experience’ in an established city centre location offering a quality ‘one stop’ shop for customers. The new digital community learning hub will be a space where customers an...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Town Deals – Carlisle Library – Digital Community Learning Hub (active)
  - Award id: `010680-2022-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Curl la Tourelle Head**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-148038`
  - Value: £170,371 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Town Deals – Carlisle Library – Digital Community Learning Hub (active)
  - Signed Value: £170,371
  - Signed Date: 10/04/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010680-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-04-26T10:22:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T12:53:16.804Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02f8cc