Published date: 26 February 2021

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: 25 March 2021, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Market and economic research; polling and statistics - 79300000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£80,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

DCC001-DN529444-08678516

Published date

26 February 2021

Closing date

25 March 2021

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

16 April 2021

Contract end date

14 March 2023

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

This contract is for Festivals and Events Evaluation, Durham County Council (DCC) wishes to measure the impact of the various cultural activities which it supports. The range of events and festivals varies in terms of size, content and objectives. Some are commissioned from external bodies, while others the authority programmes and delivers.
Our existing framework is a single, commonly agreed set of questions and metrics, which can be tailored to the specific requirements of each activity, but which still allows for comparison across portfolio. This framework currently includes compulsory Audience Agency questions (part of our NPO funding criteria) and may also need to encompass additional questions as required by Arts Council England through their Impact & Insight toolkit.
The events to be evaluated are as follows:

• Bishop Auckland Food Festival 2021 May
• Seaham Food Festival 2021 June
• BRASS 2021 July
• Durham Book Festival 2021 October
• Lumiere 2021 November
• Bishop Auckland Food Festival 2022 May
• Seaham Food Festival 2022 June
• BRASS 2022 July
• Durham Book Festival 2022 October

The appointed company will be expected to recruit, train and supervise any fieldworkers engaged in data capture, and should be skilled at using online/digital methods for data capture.
Tender details can be found on our procurement portal at www.NEPO.org using reference DN529444.

About the buyer

Contact name

Aidan Keith

Address

County Hall
Durham
DH1 5UE
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 3000

Email

aidan.keith@durham.gov.uk

Website

http://www.durham.gov.uk