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Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) verified 1 day ago Contract notice

Four Lanterns Network Coordinator - Art Fund Going Places Programme

Open United Kingdom Culture, sport & recreation

Buyer Wrexham County Borough Council

28 days left

Key facts

Closes
17:00 (UTC)
Estimated value
€71,040
converted from GBP
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 30 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

30 days from publication to deadline

Usual length

Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, below the EU threshold) give a median of 26 days, half of them between 20 and 30 days, based on 2,307 notices of the last two years.

This buyer usually gives 30 days (median of its last 10 calls for tender).

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Description

Wrexham County Borough Council wish to commission a suitably qualified coordinator for the Four Lanterns Network, one of six UK-wide partnerships participating in Art Fund's Going Places programme. The coordinator will provide strategic, administrative and operational coordination across four partner organisations, supporting the delivery of touring exhibitions and associated engagement programmes between January 2027 and September 2029. The role will ensure effective communication, reporting, financial monitoring, environmental monitoring and collaborative working throughout the duration of the project. The Four Lanterns Network comprises: (1) Tŷ Pawb, Wrexham; (2) William Morris Gallery, London Borough of Waltham Forest; (3) Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh; and (4) Blackwell - The Arts & Crafts House, Cumbria. Wrexham County Borough Council is undertaking the procurement on behalf of the network and is the Contracting Authority that will enter into a contract with the successful tenderer. Going Places is an Art Fund programme made possible with major support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund and The Julia Rausing Trust, with additional support from a generous group of trusts, foundations and individuals. The Four Lanterns Network is supported directly by the Woven Foundation. Art Fund is continuing to fundraise to maximise the impact of the programme for museums, galleries and visitors across the United Kingdom. Please see the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document, appendices and other supporting documents for full details of the proposed work. These have been published and are available on the eTenderWales (Bravo Solutions) online e-sourcing portal, which can be accessed through this web address: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/. You will need to be registered as a supplier on both Find a Tender service (FTS) and eTenderWales. To access and download the documents you will need to be logged into eTenderWales and search for the Invitation to Tender (ITT). You can look up the tender with the following reference: project_64086, itt_127066 - Four Lanterns Network Coordinator - Art Fund Going Places Programme. Interested suppliers may ask clarification questions though eTenderWales. If you wish to tender for the work, your tender submission will need to be uploaded though eTenderWales.

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 €71,040.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Culture, sport & recreation.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    28 days left, 20 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 €32,475 and €147,618.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The buyer has 50 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.

Official source

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) 1 day 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 32 awards for Culture, sport & recreation in United Kingdom.

This notice
€71,040
Median award
€88,453
Middle half of past awards
€32,475 to €147,618

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.

Wrexham County Borough Council

United Kingdom

notices in the register
50
awards
36

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
30
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
18%
of its calls state an estimated value
100%

Based on 34 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

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, Culture, sport & recreation - United Kingdom

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Based on 45 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

7 open tenders right now

Market context

Larger than 40% of the open notices in Culture, sport & recreation across Europe.

open now in Culture, sport & recreation
865
median open notice
€133,206

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Culture, sport & recreation

different companies won awards here
43
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
11%
buyers awarded contracts here
28

Based on 45 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

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