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Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) verified 6 days ago Contract notice

Food Festival Curator

Open United Kingdom Business services

Buyer Durham County Council

21 days left

Key facts

Closes
10:00 (UTC+1)
Estimated value
€93,038
converted from GBP
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 28 days
  4. Awarded pending
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Summary

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Durham County Council seeks 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 planning, development and delivery of both festivals. Services include festival programming, trader and exhibitor recruitment, performer and activity bookings, marketing support, commercial development and sponsorship. The supplier will develop programmes aligned to agreed objectives and budgets including year-round activity, manage traders, exhibitors and performers, support income generation, contribute to a refreshed festival brand linked to Visit County Durham, engage stakeholders and community organisations, support event operations onsite, and provide progress reports, budget monitoring and post-event evaluation.

Description

Durham 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.

Bid or no-bid?

Six questions before you commit a team. Under each one, what the register holds on it. The answers are yours.

  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €93,038.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Business services.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    21 days left, 16 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €8,565 and €176,480.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The buyer has 92 notices in the register and no pattern of winners yet.

Can I bid?

  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • Documents in English.

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Source: Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service)

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Last verified against Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) 6 days ago

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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 1,725 awards for Business services in United Kingdom.

This notice
€93,038
Median award
€58,378
Middle half of past awards
€8,565 to €176,480

The estimate sits inside the usual range.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

The buyer

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Durham County Council

United Kingdom

notices in the register
92
awards
67
awarded in total
€1.1M

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Business services - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
Venesky Brown Ltd 76 €16.9M Sep 2026
Lorien Resourcing Ltd 24 €6.4M Aug 2026
Harvey Nash Limited 24 €3.9M Sep 2026
Promar International Ltd 24 €115,513 Sep 2026
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd 22 €4.5M Sep 2026

Based on 1885 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

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Market context

Larger than 30% of the open notices in Business services across Europe.

open now in Business services
6,006
median open notice
€222,750

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