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Published 6 Oct 2026, 14:02 BST

Official UK procurement notice

TENDER FOR DESIGN, AND DELIVERY OF YOUTH DRAMA PROGRAMME

Authority: Fermanagh and Omagh District Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow threshold
Published estimate£87,600≈ £66k / year · £105,120 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 28 Oct 202612:00 GMT · 1d 12h left
Clarification cut-off 23 Oct 202612:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 1 yr 4 moends 31 Mar 2028 · starts 16 Nov 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Youth Drama Programme is a cross-border, cross-community peace-building initiative for 90 young people aged 16–21 years, delivered in three tranches of 30 participants between 1 December 2026 and 31 March 2028. The programme is designed to bring together young people from communities across the border region to develop meaningful relationships, increase understanding of different backgrounds and identities, and build confidence through shared creative experiences. Participants will take part in a structured programme of drama-based workshops that use theatre and the creative arts as a medium for dialogue, collaboration and personal development. Through facilitated activities, participants will explore themes including identity, culture, belonging, respect, inclusion and positive relationships while developing communication, teamwork, leadership and performance skills.

CPV: Community action programme · Other community, social and personal services · Recreational, cultural and sporting services · Youth education services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 1 yr 4 moPublished value£87,600
Contract period: 16 Nov 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 (1 yr 4 mo)Value: £87,600 exc. VAT · £105,120 inc. VAT
Turnover guideline: ~£127,397/yr≈ 2× annual value

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids are scored

Lot awarding rule: As detailed in the tender documents

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

What this means for your bid
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £127,397 (twice the annual value).

Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Fermanagh and Omagh District Council buys Social services (CPV 8532), and who usually turns up

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Social services (CPV 8532) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerFermanagh and Omagh District Council · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 11 of 18 known-size awards · market: CPV 8532 · Northern Ireland (authority’s region), n=25
61%96%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
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How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 17 of 22 known-location awards · market: CPV 8532 · UK-wide, n=987
77%80%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 4 decided notices · market: CPV 8532 · UK-wide, n=60
34 days45 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 34 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: exactly 3 of 7 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 8532 · Northern Ireland (authority’s region), n=28
43%57%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer6 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 85
50% had one bid
The market21 lots with bid counts · CPV 8532 · Northern Ireland (authority’s region)
57% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid50% / 57%
Buyer: 3 of 6 lots with published bid counts. Market: 12 of 21 lots with published bid counts.
2–350% / 38%
Buyer: 3 of 6 lots with published bid counts. Market: 8 of 21 lots with published bid counts.
4–60% / 5%
Buyer: 0 of 6 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 21 lots with published bid counts.
7+0% / 0%
Buyer: 0 of 6 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 21 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer19 lots with estimate and award · all categories
42% below estimate
The market11 lots with estimate and award · CPV 8532 · Northern Ireland (authority’s region)
9% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate42% / 9%
Buyer: 8 of 19 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 1 of 11 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%47% / 91%
Buyer: 9 of 19 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 10 of 11 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate11% / 0%
Buyer: 2 of 19 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 0 of 11 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Our matching links this notice to “Tender for the Design, Delivery, Development and Evaluation of a PEACEPLUS 'Community Youth Programme' - 2425 TNDR RP 006” of this authority, but none of the 3 panel members sit in a category matching this notice.

Lot #1CPV 853216 monthsPublished estimate£88k
Expected competition
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How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

2expected bids32% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 69
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid32%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 32%. This is a forecast.
2–363%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 63%. This is a forecast.
4–64%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 4%. This is a forecast.
7+1%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 1%. This is a forecast.
Commercial price forecast
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Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

Based on 64 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

£83k5% below estimate
64 comparable awards
Forecast compared with the buyer’s estimate
Middle 50%£80k–£88k
Half of likely prices fall between £80,359 and £87,600.
Estimate£88k
The buyer published an estimate of £87,600 for this lot.
A 25% chance the award lands exactly on the estimate.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
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Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
13 panel places
£167m83 awards in 36m · last this month31 live · £87m
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Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

at estimate n=38
£998k4 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago1 live · £360k
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Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

at estimate n=3
£867k3 awards in 36m · last 12 months agoNone on fileat estimate n=3
£367k1 awards in 36m · last 16 months agoNone on file3% below n=1
£250k1 awards in 36m · last 16 months agoNone on file4% below n=1
About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

What this replaces
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

43% title match.

A past supplier may not bid again.

The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (43% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Open for tender
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
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
6 Oct 2026, 14:02 BST
Last source update
6 Oct 2026, 14:02 BST
Authority reference
2627 TNDR CW 002
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-094288
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Community action programmeOther community, social and personal servicesRecreational, cultural and sporting servicesYouth education services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0781bb Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via eTendersNI
Submission portal named on this notice: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
28 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £87,600 excludes VAT (£105,120 including VAT).

Timeline

6 Oct 2026 → 16 Nov 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published20 days ago
    6 Oct 2026, 14:02 BST
  2. Clarification questions by4 days ago
    23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Today
    26 Oct 2026
  4. Submission deadlinein 2 days
    28 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 20 days
    16 Nov 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    6 Oct 2026, 14:02 BST
    UK4

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PJCN-3856-DJJN Townhall, 2 Townhall Street, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, BT74 7BAContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender