Planning

Street Arts Infrastructure and Festival Plan

CITY & COUNTY OF SWANSEA

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Planning

02 Feb 2022 at 14:09

S2W Notice - Website Prior Information Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The City & County of Swansea is initiating a tender for the "Street Arts Infrastructure and Festival Plan," aimed at assessing the best approach to develop a street arts infrastructure in Swansea. The tender falls under the services category, specifically focusing on cultural event organisation and artistic services. Interested parties must submit expressions of interest by 10th February 2022, detailing their experience, capacity for delivering the project by September 2022, and any additional relevant information. The selection process will favour partnerships based on the quality and relevance of their past work, with tender returns expected by the end of March and festival activities anticipated to begin in September.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses in the creative and arts sectors, particularly those with experience in cultural event management, artistic consultancy, or public art installations. Companies specialising in working with local authorities to promote urban art and festivals would be well-suited to compete for this contract. The potential for ongoing commissions and the establishment of a regular street arts festival could lead to sustained business growth for successful bidders in the region.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Street Arts Infrastructure and Festival Plan

Notice Description

OverviewSwansea Council will shortly be inviting applications from suitably qualified and experienced creative partnerships to assess the optimum methodology for creating a street arts infrastructure in Swansea; for example utilising gable ends, key junctions, dwell points and landmark buildings to create a 'blueprint' of usable sites for street artists and in some possible situations, graffiti writers, to present new urban artworks and gateway features for the city. The brief includes the need to commission the first series of artist commissions for this new infrastructure, within the budget available, but it is expected that the infrastructure will enable regular street arts commissions and stimulate an expansion to districts, and potentially an annual festival for the city and region, managed and steered by Swansea Council.The anticipated time scales areEnd March: Return of TendersEnd April: CommencementSeptember: New artworks on displaySelection processThe partnership will be selected on the basis of the quality/price and relevance of their past work experience to the brief and will be subject to a formal quotation and presentation exercise led by Swansea Council, in order to be a part of the quotation process please respond to this notice with the required information required below.NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=118245.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-kuma6s-118245
Publication Source
Sell2Wales
Latest Notice
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=118245
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
S2W Notice - Website Prior Information Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services

CPV Codes

79952100 - Cultural event organisation services

92311000 - Works of art

92312000 - Artistic services

92312200 - Services provided by authors, composers, sculptors, entertainers and other individual artists

92312250 - Services provided by individual artists

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
2 Feb 20224 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Not Specified
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
CITY & COUNTY OF SWANSEA
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
SWANSEA
Postcode
SA1 3SN
Post Town
Swansea
Country
Wales
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLL Wales
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLL4 Mid and South West Wales
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLL43 Swansea
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Swansea
Electoral Ward
Waterfront
Westminster Constituency
Swansea West

Further Information

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