Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Audience Seating & Temporary Portable Staging
Notice Description
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 Information
Audience Seating
Set of 250 loose audience seats for flexible usage in a studio style performance space along with storage trolleys.
Portable Temporary StagingSet of 28 of 2m x 1m staging sections with handrail and accessories to create, at minimum the configurations outlined below for audience seating plus 4 extra deck sections with handrails, all with Hexaboard surface finish.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06bbf0
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059323-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Below threshold - open competition
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
-
- CPV Codes
39111200 - Theatre seats
39150000 - Miscellaneous furniture and equipment
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £83,333 Under £100K
- Lots Value
- £83,332 Under £100K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Jun 2026Yesterday
- Submission Deadline
- 15 Jul 20263 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 26 Jul 2026 - 31 Oct 2026 1-6 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ROYAL WELSH COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND DRAMA
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CARDIFF
- Postcode
- CF10 3ER
- Post Town
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL51 Central Valleys and Bridgend
- Delivery Location
- TLL22 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
-
- Local Authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Electoral Ward
- Treforest
- Westminster Constituency
- Pontypridd
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059323-2026
24th June 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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