Speculative Notice – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which further information may be obtained

2 Contract Details

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Title

Street Arts Infrastructure and Festival Plan

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Description of the goods or services required

Overview

Swansea Council will shortly be inviting applications from suitably qualified and experienced creative partnerships to assess the optimum methodology for creating a street arts infrastructure in Swansea; for example utilising gable ends, key junctions, dwell points and landmark buildings to create a ‘blueprint’ of usable sites for street artists and in some possible situations, graffiti writers, to present new urban artworks and gateway features for the city. The brief includes the need to commission the first series of artist commissions for this new infrastructure, within the budget available, but it is expected that the infrastructure will enable regular street arts commissions and stimulate an expansion to districts, and potentially an annual festival for the city and region, managed and steered by Swansea Council.

The anticipated time scales are

End March: Return of Tenders

End April: Commencement

September: New artworks on display

Selection process

The partnership will be selected on the basis of the quality/price and relevance of their past work experience to the brief and will be subject to a formal quotation and presentation exercise led by Swansea Council, in order to be a part of the quotation process please respond to this notice with the required information required below.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=118245.

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Notice Coding and Classification

3 Administrative Information

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

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Estimated Start of the Award Procedure

4 Other Information

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Additional Information

To this end, interested parties are invited to initially submit an expression of interest to the Council’s Cultural Services cultural.services@swansea.gov.uk no later than the Wednesday 10th February with the following information:

1) Name of your partners/organisation and brief description of your background and experience.

2) Stated interested in tendering for the commission described above? If so, please explain what support you will provide.

3) Capacity and availability to deliver the requirement by September 2022.

3) Advice regarding any other individuals who may be able to assist you with this commission and you may wish to include? Please provide brief details.

4) Any other comments or suggestions.

The publication of this Notice does not signify the beginning of any formal procurement process and does not constitute a commitment by the Council or partners to undertake any future procurement process. The Council may withdraw or amend any information contained in this Notice at any time and without notice.

(WA Ref:118245)

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Publication date of this notice