Great Exhibition of the North Invitation to Tender for Pyrotechnics

Published date: 6 April 2018

Last edited date: 6 April 2018

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: 13 April 2018

Contract summary

Industry

Pyrotechnic services - 92360000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£20,000 to £30,000

Procurement reference

Launch Event Pyro ITT

Published date

6 April 2018

Closing date

13 April 2018

Contract start date

18 April 2018

Contract end date

23 June 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Description

Tender submissions are requested for the provision of pyrotechnics for the Great Exhibition of the North Opening Event.
On Friday 22nd June 2018 the exhibition programme and venues along the walking trails will open to visitors for the first time under the headline theme 'Get North'.
Between noon-2pm (specific timing tbc) a 1-2 minute burst of colourful daytime pyrotechnics will be launched from a working boat on the River Tyne signalling the opening of the exhibition at a single moment.
From approximately 6pm, a second 1-2 minute burst of daytime pyrotechnics, also from a working boat on the river, will announce the start of the evening event. Northern street artists and strolling bands will entertain the gathering crowds, drawing visitors down to the Quayside to experience a theatrical presentation of Water Sculptures, one of the signature pieces for GEOTN. The audience for the quayside based activity is likely to be in the region of 30,000. It is planned to punctuate the day with a range of pyrotechnics, including a high impact, five-minute finale at approximately 11pm.

The appointed supplier will be required to provide:
• Draft Health and Safety requirements (17th April).
• All pyrotechnics and associated equipment
• All qualified and experienced staff to carry out the pyrotechnics displays
• All transport to and from the site
• Plans for the site(s), including fall out zones
• All related documentation
• Designs which consider the impact of pyrotechnics on wildlife in the area where the display is to be held
• Project management and lead contact to work with Production Manager and team to plan and deliver the pyrotechnics.

More information

Links

https://getnorth2018.com/get-involved/tenders/pyrotechnics/
Tender notice
Invitation to Tender (ITT) For Pyrotechnics

Additional text

More information about the requirements and the information to submit to tender (Schedules 1-6) is available in the link to the ITT.

Evaluation: All submitted tenders will be required to pass the mandatory requirements within Schedule 1 of the tender. Only those tenders that pass mandatory requirements will progress to be evaluated on Quality - skills and experience (40%), Quality - delivery (40%) and Price (20%).

About the buyer

Contact name

Marian Chapman

Address

South Shore Road
GATESHEAD
NE83AE
England

Telephone

0191 4405754

Email

marian@getnorth2018.com