CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

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Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

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Title

Tywi Gateway Interpretation Signage

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Description of the goods or services required

The Tywi Gateway Trust is looking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced company to manufacture and install orientation and interpretation signage for the Tywi Gateway Project at The Bishop’s Park, Abergwili, Carmarthenshire. This will form one element of a wider interpretation scheme being delivered across the site.

The Tywi Gateway Project is conserving, restoring and rejuvenating the nationally important Bishop’s Park and Old Bishop’s Palace outbuildings, working with the local community and project collaborators Carmarthenshire County Council and the Representative Body of the Church in Wales to create an education and interpretation centre and café, providing opportunities for sustainable income streams to support the long-term management and maintenance of the site.

Once a Bishop’s Palace with a private pleasure garden, now a public park with a museum at its heart. The Tywi Gateway Project is multi-faceted and will celebrate the historic site of the Bishop of St Davids gardens, outbuildings and Lodge, by reviving and respecting its past and giving new life to those elements that have survived. We want this to be a ‘Park for All’ where visitors of all ages and abilities may explore the gardens, enjoy Tywi Valley vistas, learn about wildlife and the natural landscape, as well as horticulture – and participate in ensuring its sustainable future.

The project is supported by a grant from National Lottery Heritage Fund

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

3 Conditions for Participation

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Minimum standards and qualification required

Relevant experience working with comparable interpretation projects

4 Administrative Information

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Type of Procedure

Single stage

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

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Time Limits

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Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

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Additional Information

(WA Ref:106529)

Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are:

Tenderers are invited to identify how they will contribute to the broader community benefit which is being delivered through the Tywi Gateway Project. Such contributions could add to the educational, volunteering, training and interpretational opportunities on offer to visitors to the Bishop’s Park and Museum and more broadly to the Welsh economy.

Relates to the following project/programme financed by EU Community Funds: The Tywi Gateway Project is partially supported with EU funds through the Welsh Government Rural Communities Rural Development Programme 2014-2020

Programme 2014-2020

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice