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Newark & Sherwood District Council

Newark Castle - Activity Plan (2)

Business ServicesCPV 79000000 79900000 79950000 79952000
Value£14k
Awarded19 Jan 2018
Published4 Apr 2018
RegionEast Midlands
Outcome — awarded

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£14ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

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The brief

Newark & Sherwood District Council, which owns and manages Newark Castle, is submitting a bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund for grant aid towards an ambitious project to transform the Castle's historic Gatehouse into a new visitor attraction within the Castle site.

As part of the project the Council wishes to appoint a consultant to carry out the research and development necessary to produce a detailed Activity Plan for submission with a Round Two funding application to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).

This will include: (1) Plans for Audience Engagement and Development, Learning and Participation, and Interpretation. (2) A fully-costed, 5-year action plan for delivering the Activity Plan in the format stipulated by HLF. (3) A strategy and framework for evaluation of the outcomes of the project. (4) Sustainability plans for project activities, including how they can be developed after the project.

The plans should fully comply with current HLF guidelines on Activity Plans, as set out in their their \"Activity Plan Guidance\" and \"Planning Activities in Heritage Projects\" documents.

The HLF Activity Plan Guidance document is available as a download from the HLF website: https://www.hlf.org.uk/activity-plan-guidance.

Key requirements

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The plans should fully comply with current

The plans should fully comply with current HLF guidelines on Activity Plans, as set out in their their \"Activity Plan Guidance\" and \"Planning Activities in Heritage Projects\" documents.

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