Official UK procurement notice
Food Festival Curator · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Durham County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDurham County Council seeks to appoint a supplier to provide curator services for the Bishop Auckland and Seaham Food Festivals 2027.
Working with the Council's festival team and partners, the provider will support the planning, development and delivery of both festivals.
Services will include festival programming, trader and exhibitor recruitment, performer and activity bookings, marketing support, commercial development, sponsorship opportunities and onsite event delivery.
The supplier will assist in developing programmes aligned to agreed objectives and budgets, including year-round activity; recruit and manage traders, exhibitors and performers; support sponsorship and income generation; contribute to marketing, including development of a refreshed festival brand linked to Visit County Durham; engage with stakeholders and community organisations; support event operations; and provide progress reports, budget monitoring and post-event evaluation.
CPV: Event services · Festival organisation services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£80,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical Questions: 60%
- Price: 30%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical Questions
- Price
- Social Value
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Sept 2026, 10:31 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Sept 2026, 10:31 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 29 Oct 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-090861- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077a38Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 23 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 21 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
25 Sept 2026 → 2 Nov 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published33 days ago25 Sept 2026, 10:31 BST
- Clarification questions by7 days ago21 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline5 days ago23 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 34h29 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 4 days2 Nov 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published25 Sept 2026, 10:31 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender