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Organisation of the Lantern Parade

Dacorum Borough Council

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27 Aug 2026 at 17:30

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Dacorum Borough Council commissioned a lead organisation for its Lantern Parade. The requirement is a cultural event organisation service, covering responsibility for organising and leading the parade rather than the supply of a standalone product or construction works. The buying organisation is Dacorum Borough Council, a sub-central public authority based in Hemel Hempstead. The awarded supplier is Emergency Exit Arts, a London-based small and medium-sized voluntary, community or social enterprise. The opportunity is therefore relevant to organisations that lead or coordinate public cultural events, particularly those able to take overall responsibility for delivering a lantern parade for a local authority. It is not primarily a general goods supply, building or routine facilities-management requirement.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded through a direct procedure described as below threshold and without competition. One completed lot was awarded to Emergency Exit Arts. The award is active, and the contract was signed on 30 July 2026. The contract runs from 1 September 2026 to 30 March 2027. Its value is £40,004 excluding VAT and £48,004.80 including VAT. The contract is below the applicable threshold. The published outcome identifies Emergency Exit Arts as the sole awarded supplier for the cultural event organisation service. The procurement was not evaluated through a competitive tender: the recorded route was a direct award without competition, so no comparative scoring or award criteria are stated.

This award confirms that Dacorum Borough Council purchases externally led cultural event organisation for its Lantern Parade, with the requirement placed with a specialist voluntary, community or social enterprise. A credible future competitor would need to be able to act as the lead organisation, coordinate the overall parade requirement and deliver a public-facing lantern event for the council. Relevant businesses are likely to be small or medium-sized cultural organisations, arts producers and event specialists with the organisational capacity to take end-to-end responsibility rather than provide only individual event services. The buyer’s use of a direct, below-threshold route also shows that suppliers should understand proportionate local-authority procurement and be able to present a clear, deliverable offer for this specific cultural need.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Organisation of the Lantern Parade

Notice Description

Lead Organisation of the Lantern Parade

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ee0d
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081966-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79952100 - Cultural event organisation services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£40,004 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
27 Aug 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Sep 2026 - 30 Mar 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Dacorum Borough Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
Postcode
HP1 1DN
Postcode Area
Hemel Hempstead
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH27 South West Hertfordshire
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Dacorum
Electoral Ward
Hemel Hempstead Town
Westminster Constituency
Hemel Hempstead

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Emergency Exit Arts

Further Information

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