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title: "Organisation of the Lantern Parade"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06ee0d"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Dacorum Borough Council"
published: "2026-08-27"
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# Organisation of the Lantern Parade

Buyer: Dacorum Borough Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06ee0d

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

Lead Organisation of the Lantern Parade

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081966-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 27 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Sep 2026 - 30 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £40,004 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Dacorum Borough Council |
| Locality | HEMEL HEMPSTEAD |
| Postcode area | Hemel Hempstead |
| Postcode | HP1 1DN |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLH27 South West Hertfordshire |
| Local authority | Dacorum |
| Electoral ward | Hemel Hempstead Town |
| Westminster constituency | Hemel Hempstead |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Emergency Exit Arts |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79952100 - Cultural event organisation services

## Release History

- 27 Aug 2026 at 17:30 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081966-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081966-2026
  27th August 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.eea.org.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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