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Belfast Stories Experience Design Team

Belfast City Council · Contract award notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 26 Sept 2026, 16:58.

Opportunity overview

The purpose of this procurement process is to successfully appoint an Experience Design Team (“EDT” or “Designer”) for the Belfast Stories Project. An interpretive masterplan has been previously completed along with a concept design to RIBA stage 2. This procurement process is to appoint a team to take the existing interpretive masterplan and concept design and develop them further from RIBA stages 3 to 7. The overarching interpretive framework is critical to ensuring that the concept of Belfast Stories is fully integrated across all elements of the project including but not limited to the main exhibition. The exhibition design and its content will be central to delivering an excellent visitor experience and maximising connectivity across the site and into the city. The Experience Design Team (EDT), is to lead and manage the EDT. The EDT shall include the DTM disciplines of Interpretative Planner, Exhibition Designer, Visitor Experience Consultant and Curator and shall also include, but is not limited to, Digital Design Engineers, Specialist Lighting and Sound Designers & Engineers , Specialist Display Structural Designers & Engineers, Specialist Display Mechanical and Electrical Designers & Engineers, Digital Lead, Graphic Designer, Specialist Curatorial Team Building Information Modelling (BIM) Designer.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Published award value
£1.7m
Awarded
15 Jul 2026
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH FC022214
Location
London, UKI43, EC1V 7DB, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
PQQ 4670
Status
complete
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Belfast City Council
Id
GB-PPON-PQXY-5321-CGZM

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PQXY-5321-CGZM

Address

Street Address
9-21 Adelaide Street
Locality
Belfast
Postal Code
BT2 8DJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKN06

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Entry 2
Scheme
UK_CA_DEVOLVED_REGULATIONS
Id
GB-NIR
Description
Northern Irish devolved regulations apply
Organisation 2
Name
Ralph Appelbaum Associates
Id
GB-COH-FC022214

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
FC022214

Address

Street Address
80 Goswell Road
Locality
London
Postal Code
EC1V 7DB
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI43

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
Belfast Stories Experience Design Team
Status
active
Date
16 Jul 2026, 00:00
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Assessment Summaries Date Sent
16 Jul 2026, 00:00

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
71220000
Description
Architectural design services

Value

Including VAT
2,083,391.1
Amount
1,736,159.25
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-FC022214
Name
Ralph Appelbaum Associates

Contract period

Starts
5 Aug 2026, 00:00
Ends
30 Jun 2031, 23:59

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
070457-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Published
24 Jul 2026, 16:12
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
5 Aug 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Belfast · UKN06 · BT2 8DJ · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 015674-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 070457-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·