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# Visual Arts Offer

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/visual-arts-offer-ocds-h6vhtk-02bd81). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** East Suffolk Council: "Visual Arts Offer". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [East Suffolk Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/east-suffolk-council-ons-e07000244)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Services provided by individual artists
- **Delivery Location:** UKH14
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £600,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02bd81`

## 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/visual-arts-offer-ocds-h6vhtk-02bd81#tl-md)

## Description
At a national level, the creative sector contributes £111.7bn GVA to the UK economy. The Creative Industries were growing at more than 5x the rate of the UK economy pre-Covid-19.
At a regional level, the creative sector is worth £790m and at a local level Suffolk has a significant creative sector.
The LGA published guidance in August 2020 ("Creating Places: supporting your local creative economy"), as to how Councils can support their creative economies. This guidance highlighted the importance of the creative sector at the local level and how it can bring people into towns and cities and is intrinsic to building atmosphere and a sense of place. It states that creativity is critical to the levelling up agenda.
East Suffolk Council is seeking to work in partnership with an artist to build the capacity of the creative sector
The project will:
• Create a landmark sculpture within the district engaging the community to create art locally.
• To provide work space for local creatives to increase the capacity of the sector;

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published

- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** At a national level, the creative sector contributes £111.7bn GVA to the UK economy. The Creative Industries were growing at more than 5x the rate of the UK economy pre-Covid-19.
At a regional level, the creative sector is worth £790m and at a local ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 013838-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **MESSUMS WILTSHIRE LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-19904`
  - Value: £600,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 013838-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £600,000
  - Signed Date: 17/06/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013838-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-06-18T09:48:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T22:59:53.261Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02bd81