Stale Pre-tender

Appointment of a Creative Team for Blyth Celebrates Festival of Energy

Details

Buyer: Northumberland County Council
Value: £355,000
Topic: Event services
Published: 21 May 2025
Submission: 28 May 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Northumberland County Council has appointed a Creative Team that will design, create, produce and deliver a high profile and impactful inaugural Festival of Energy that will attract interest from a wide-ranging audience including local people of all ages, key partners in Blyth and the national / international arts and renewables / energy sectors. Northumberland County Council (NCC) were successful in attracting £355,384 from North East Combined Authority (NECA) for a Festival of ENERGY in Blyth, taking place in February 2026 in partnership with ORE Catapult, Port of Blyth and Newcastle University.

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published21 May 2025
Current notice

About the buyer

Northumberland County Council delivers local government services across Northumberland and buys as a local authority through its procurement team. Tender opportunities are published through Open, the council's procurement system that replaced the North East Procurement Organisation portal. Suppliers register free of charge on Open before bidding for contracts. Open also carries procurement opportunities from regional local authorities across the North East. A public contracts register lists the council's live and awarded agreements for transparency. A Supplier Incentive Programme also lets registered suppliers opt into early payment on invoices.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Northumberland County Council's contract awards have been in construction work, software and information systems and architectural and engineering services.

Relevant CPV codes

79952000 · Event services
79953000 · Festival organisation services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@northumberland-county-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@northumberland-county-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@northumberland-county-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@northumberland-county-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@northumberland-county-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@northumberland-county-council.gov