Provision of a Visitor Centre and Tour Operator for Belfast City Cemetery

Concepts

• belfast
• recreation, culture and sport
• belfast city council
• belfast city cemetery
• walking tours
• belfast’s city cemetery
• tour operator
• visitor
• tours
• cemetery

Location

Belfast City Cemetery, 511 Falls Road, Belfast, BT12 6DE

Description

Belfast City Council requires an organisation, or collective of organisations or individuals to work with the Council to promote and operate the visitor centre, including operation of walking tours of Belfast’s City Cemetery.

Total Quantity or Scope

Belfast City Council requires an organisation, or collective of organisations or individuals to work with the Council to promote and operate the visitor centre, including operation of walking tours of Belfast’s City Cemetery. The following will be required under the contract: • Operation and management of an accessible public building • Provision of specialist adult workshops (Genealogy, Archaeology Stone carving, Biodiversity skills) • Provision of educational and youth events • Operation of walking tours of the site & any associated commercial activity • Marketing and Communications • Programming events - Although not a requirement of this tender, the successful Bidder will be encouraged to come forward with their own programming ideas The successful Bidder must have a collective capacity and ability to deliver on all these elements. Additional information: The contract value set out in this notice covers budget/payments Belfast City Council is willing to make to Economic Operators to help fund this project/opportunity. There is additional potential value/revenue through managing/operating the venue with a profit share model which Economic Operators should consider. The value of this potential revenue has not been included in the contract value.

Renewal Options

The Council may require optional/additional services throughout the Contract Period. When required, Optional Services will be called-off and implemented in accordance with the terms and conditions. The charges for such Optional Services will be determined based on the agreement of costs by the Council and any costs will be as per the rates outlined in the tender submission. Accordingly, the Contract shall be subject to modification for “Optional Services” without a new procurement procedure in accordance with Regulation 72(1(a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015

CPV Codes

• 92000000 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services
• 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Options are available.
• Renewals are not available.

Other Information

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