Published date: 17 January 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 20 January 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Event services - 79952000

  • Cultural event organisation services - 79952100

Location of contract

PO1 2BJ

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

P00002595

Published date

17 January 2017

Closing date

20 January 2017

Contract start date

1 February 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2017

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Portsmouth City Council is inviting quotes from suitably qualified theatre companies to deliver six different immersive theatre productions in shopping areas around Portsmouth during the February half term.

The scope of which will comprise of but may not be limited to;

• Six different 5 minute plays, all interconnecting that could form one larger play.

• The iconic figure of Sherlock Holmes in each play

• Each play to be accessible - catering for audiences including visually impaired, deaf, children and the elderly. This could be done creatively, e.g. using smells to evoke memories or experiences.

• Each play to be filmed via Facebook live and then to be uploaded to our website later on.

• A larger performance of all six plays at the end of the week.

• To hand out promotional items at the end of each performance

The budget available is £15,000 and will cover all costs such as personal fee's, materials, meeting fees, hiring equipment, venue hire, travel and parking costs, public liability insurance and DBS checks.

The Authority is targeting to have awarded the contract by 27th January 2017.

The closing date for receipt of your expression of interest is given against the heading entitled - Date documents can be requested until.

More information

Links

Additional text

Portsmouth City Council is currently in the process of seeking expressions of interest for the following project - Immersive Theatre Production - The Conan Doyle Collection.

The full details and ability to express an interest will be via our e-sourcing system Intend. This filepath will take you to the relevant area of Intend,

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/portsmouthcc/aspx/Tenders/Current

Once on the page you can either scroll down or use the search function to find the relevant project.

Should you have any problems with the above link, please contact us on 023 9268 8235 or email: procurement@portsmouthcc.gov.uk


Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Katy Ricks

Address

Guildhall Square
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO1 2BJ
United Kingdom

Telephone

023 9243 7678

Email

katy.ricks@portsmouthcc.gov.uk