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Food Festival Curator
Durham County Council in the United Kingdom is inviting bids for “Food Festival Curator”. Bids close on 23 October 2026, 10:00 BST; the estimated value is £80,000. Who can bid: Open to small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises. askTender lists every requirement to qualify and checks whether your company meets them.
The tender in brief
Curator for two County Durham food festivals in 2027, suited to event and festival specialists
Durham County Council is appointing a supplier to curate the Bishop Auckland and Seaham Food Festivals 2027. The work covers festival programming, recruiting traders, exhibitors and performers, marketing, sponsorship and income generation, and onsite delivery, with year-round activity, progress reports and post-event evaluation. The estimated value is £80,000 excluding VAT, running from 2 November 2026 to 27 September 2028, with an option to extend.
Who can win it
- Open to small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises
Key facts
- Estimated value
- £80,000
- Contract period
- 2 November 2026 to 27 September 2028, with an option to extend for a further 2 periods of 12 months
- How bids are judged
- Technical questions 60%, price 30%, social value 10%
- Published
- 25 Sep 2026
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