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DCC Festivals & Events Evaluation

Durham County Council · published 22 Jan 2025. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID82a92073-28c5-42e2-84fe-17f1dd13eac0-819368
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-cc477d2e-847d-4978-b4a6-4d601acdede4
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-79727
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£245,345
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Tender value
£225,000
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Procurement method
Open procedure
Category
services
CPV
79000000
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Delivery
North East, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

This contract is for Durham County Council (DCC) Festivals & Events Evaluation.\r \r DCC Culture, Sport & Tourism deliver a number of cultural festivals and events as part of\r their annual programme and need to continue to measure the impact of these. The range of\r events and festivals varies in terms of size, content and objectives. Some are commissioned\r out to external partners whilst some are delivered in house by our Festivals, Events &\r Cultural Engagement Team.\r \r The expected start date for the proposed contract is 13 January 2025.\r \r The expected end date for the proposed contract is 12 January 2027.\r \r The proposed contract is to be let with an option to extend for a further 24 months from the\r actual end date.

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release22 Jan 2025
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published2 Dec 2024
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published13 Jan 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published12 Jan 2029
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MEL Research Limited

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Published 22 Jan 2025 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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