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title: "RFQ 2026/38 - NMANDD PEACEPLUS \"Thriving Together\" - Shared History & Culture Program - Hanna's Close"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077eba"
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buyer: "Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD)"
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# RFQ 2026/38 - NMANDD PEACEPLUS "Thriving Together" - Shared History & Culture Program - Hanna's Close

Buyer: Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD)  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077eba

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## Summary

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is seeking a consultancy to design, develop and deliver a shared history and culture programme based on Hanna’s Close, a preserved Ulster-Scots clachan in Aughnahoory, Kilkeel. The programme is intended to deepen participants’ understanding of individual, family and collective history. Its focus includes genealogy, tracing family connections to the settlement and exploring emigration, including how local families and their descendants built lives around the world and influenced communities locally and internationally. This is a cultural and educational service combining historical interpretation and programme delivery. The work centres on Hanna’s Close in Kilkeel; the stated delivery location is the United Kingdom.

The buyer invited offers through an open competition. The process reached the tender stage, with a single lot. The enquiry deadline was 22 October 2026 at 12:00 UK time, and the submission deadline was 29 October 2026 at 12:00 UTC (13:00 UK time). The contract period was set to run from 16 November 2026 to 30 June 2027. The estimated value is £8,099 excluding VAT (£9,718.80 including VAT). Evaluation assigns 80% to quality and 20% to price, with the detailed criteria set out in the request-for-quotation documents. The lot is identified as suitable for small and medium-sized businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises.

This opportunity suits consultancy firms able to combine research and interpretation of local history with the design and delivery of an engaging community programme. Suppliers should be able to develop genealogy-led activities that trace family connections to Hanna’s Close and explain patterns of emigration, while presenting the social, economic and cultural effects of migration across generations and communities. Experience working with historical or cultural material and communicating it clearly to participants would be relevant to this brief. The work is a focused, single-site programme rather than a large-scale service, and the buyer expressly considers it suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprises. Quality carries substantially more weight than price in evaluation, so the strength and coherence of the proposed programme are central to a competitive offer.

## Notice

Competent consultancy companies are hereby invited to tender to design, develop and deliver a shared history and culture programme that will increase participants' knowledge and understanding of individual, family and collective history through the exploration of Hanna's Close, a preserved Ulster-Scots clachan (settlement) in Aughnahoory, Kilkeel. The programme will place a particular emphasis on genealogy; tracing family connections linked to Hanna's Close and examining patterns of emigration from the settlement. Participants will explore how generations of local families established new lives across the world and consider the social, economic and cultural impact these individuals and their descendants have had on communities both locally and internationally.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092894-2026 |
| Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - open competition |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 1 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 29 Oct 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 16 Nov 2026 - 30 Jun 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £8,099 |
| Lots value | £8,099 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Active |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD) |
| Locality | NEWRY |
| Postcode area | Northern Ireland |
| Postcode | BT34 2QU |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland |
| ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland |
| ITL 3 | TLN08 Newry, Mourne and Down |
| Local authority | Newry, Mourne and Down |
| Electoral ward | Abbey |
| Westminster constituency | Newry and Armagh |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services
- 92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services
- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services
- 92000000 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services
- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

## Release History

- 1 Oct 2026 at 14:30 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092894-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092894-2026
  1st October 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://suppliers.multiquote.com
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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