AwardedAwarded 9 March 2026

T26-014BUS Large Scale Animations for Events - Restricted List

Derry City and Strabane District Council · Local authority

In brief

Derry City and Strabane District Council awarded leisure and events work to Visual Spectrum Studios Ltd, Arts Ekta and MayWe Events Ltd and 3 others on 9 March 2026.

The notice gives a value of £100,000 including VAT.

The contract runs for 13 months, starting 2 March 2026.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

What the notice says

Derry City and Strabane District Council wishes to invite expressions of interest from suitably qualified, competent organisations to be included on a restricted list for the provision of Large-Scale Animation/Installations to assist the festival and events team in the delivery of Council events taking place between March 2026 and March 2027. The purpose of this exercise is to develop a restricted list of Creative Organisations that have the ability to create, delivery, and produce large scale installations/animations as part of Events Calendar. Your submission must be submitted via etendersNI, via this CFT. No other method of submissions will be accepted. Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Visual Spectrum Studios Ltd (SME)
Arts Ekta (SME)
MayWe Events Ltd (SME)
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
In Your Space Circus Ltd. (SME)
Streetwise Performance Ltd (SME)
7 bids received
£1.20
Awarded 9 March 2026

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 005170-2026
  2. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 021653-2026

About the buyer

Procurements

131

Awards

66

Suppliers it has used most for leisure and events

  • Visual Spectrum Studios Ltd2 contracts
  • Aiken Communications Limited1 contract
  • Anna Barclay Designs1 contract
  • Arts Ekta1 contract
  • BNL Productions Ltd1 contract
  1. DfC – National Museums NI - Exhibition Interpretation Production (Graphics)

    National Museums NINorthern IrelandPrinting, Leisure, culture and events

    Closing soon4 hours leftSuitable for SMEs

    £288kestimated
  2. T26-127BUS Strabane Peoples Gallery Artist in Residence Project

    Derry City and Strabane District CouncilNorthern IrelandLeisure, culture and events

    Open25 days leftSmall contract

    £20kestimated

From notice 005170-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 21 January 2026, last updated 11 March 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.