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title: "T23-140BUS PEACEPLUS Culture Now Showcase"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-043a81"
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buyer: "DERRY CITY AND STRABANE DISTRICT COUNCIL"
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# T23-140BUS PEACEPLUS Culture Now Showcase

Buyer: DERRY CITY AND STRABANE DISTRICT COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-043a81

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## Summary

The Derry City and Strabane District Council has completed the tender process for the "T23-140BUS PEACEPLUS Culture Now Showcase" project under the services category. The project aims to promote cultural diversity in Northern Ireland by bringing together various traditional and contemporary cultures. The tender was awarded to North West Cultural Partnership, with a contract value of £197,287.70. The project was of specific interest to a range of cultural identities and aimed to challenge and celebrate traditional practices in the region.

This procurement opportunity by the Derry City and Strabane District Council provides a platform for businesses that can contribute to promoting cultural understanding and diversity. Companies involved in arts, culture, event management, and community engagement are well-suited to compete. The tender process involved a quality-based award criteria, with a focus on service quality alongside cost considerations. The project offers a chance for businesses to engage in a cross-community artistic collaboration and showcase their expertise in engaging with diverse cultural groups across council areas and borders.

## Notice

Derry City and Strabane District Council invite suppliers to tender for a PeacePlus Culture Now Showcase. This project is under the Celebrating Cultures and Diversity Theme. It is an intergenerational project which will promote and celebrate the diversity of cultures in Northern Ireland bringing together traditional/indigenous cultures (including Marching Bands, Irish and Highland Dance, Ulster Scot and Irish Traditional Music) alongside Black and Minority Ethnic cultures and wider contemporary culture. This project will challenge perceptions of traditional cultural practices in Northern Ireland, engaging participant's talent from different traditional music, bands and cultures alongside professional performing practitioners. The cross-community artistic collaboration will create a new, diverse, inclusive, showcase which will perform across council areas and cross border, promoting cultural understanding. It is a District Level Project which should engage participants from across the council area including significant rural and have some cross-border engagement. The co-design process identified that a project of this nature as well as being of general arts and culture interest, was of specific interest to Ulster-Scots, Irish, Marching Bands, BAME, Section 75 and 'working class' loyalist, rural and urban identities. Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Derry City and Strabane District Council invite suppliers to tender for a PeacePlus Culture Now Showcase. This project is under the Celebrating Cultures and Diversity Theme. It is an intergenerational project which will promote and celebrate the diversity of cultures in Northern Ireland bringing together traditional/indigenous cultures (including Marching Bands, Irish and Highland Dance, Ulster Scot and Irish Traditional Music) alongside Black and Minority Ethnic cultures and wider contemporary culture. This project will challenge perceptions of traditional cultural practices in Northern Ireland, engaging participant's talent from different traditional music, bands and cultures alongside professional performing practitioners. The cross-community artistic collaboration will create a new, diverse, inclusive, showcase which will perform across council areas and cross border, promoting cultural understanding. It is a District Level Project which should engage participants from across the council area including significant rural and have some cross-border engagement. The co-design process identified that a project of this nature as well as being of general arts and culture interest, was of specific interest to Ulster-Scots, Irish, Marching Bands, BAME, Section 75 and 'working class' loyalist, rural and urban identities. Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020081-2024 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 Jul 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 22 Mar 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Jul 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £197,700 |
| Lots value | £197,700 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £197,287 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DERRY CITY AND STRABANE DISTRICT COUNCIL |
| Additional buyers | EUROPEAN UNION |
| Locality | DERRY |
| Post town | Northern Ireland |
| Postcode | BT48 7NN |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland |
| ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland |
| ITL 3 | TLN0A Derry City and Strabane |
| Local authority | Derry City and Strabane |
| Electoral ward | Northland |
| Westminster constituency | Foyle |
| Delivery location | TLN0A Derry City and Strabane |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | NORTH WEST CULTURAL PARNTERSHIP |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85322000 - Community action programme

## Release History

- 2 Jul 2024 at 10:57 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020081-2024
- 15 Feb 2024 at 15:30 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005124-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

## Provenance

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