Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Belfast City Council
9-21 Adelaide Street
Belfast
BT2 8DJ
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKN06 - Belfast
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.belfastcity.gov.uk
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
T2577 PEACEPLUS Interfaith & Belief Project
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 80000000 - Education and training services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Interfaith and Belief Project will build, improve and sustain relationships between and within communities of different faiths and beliefs by addressing issues of trust, prejudice, intolerance and building mutual respect and a shared commitment to the common good.
The objective of the project is to deliver an interfaith and belief collaboration project through a 3 year Education and Awareness element, an 18 month Unity and Peace – Welcoming Programme element and a 3 year celebrating faith festivals across the city with a view to increase knowledge and awareness about different faiths and beliefs across Belfast.
The project will engage 870 direct participants in cross community, interfaith joined up collaboration, with a wider 2,900 members engaged in capacity building, café culture events, training, learning, sharing and creation of awareness through the programme including projects which reach those most disadvantaged in the City.
The allocated budget for this project is £304,564 (excluding VAT) over 3 years from February 2025 – December 2027.
Stream 1: Education and Awareness (3year programme) This project element aims to increase knowledge and awareness about different faiths &, beliefs across Belfast and as a result improve relations between people of different religions and nonreligious backgrounds and build trust and respect through the development of educational materials.
Stream 2: Unity and Peace Welcoming Programme (18month programme) This project element aims to increase awareness of the physical, human and community assets within different interfaith and belief organisations across Belfast, with a view to seeing how these can best be utilised within Belfast’s vision of a shared society and in helping to achieve the outcomes within the Belfast Agenda.
Stream 3 Celebrating Faith Festivals in the City (3year programme) This project element aims to celebrate and showcase the diversity of faiths & beliefs across Belfast through a range of different events and activities with a view to building Belfast’s vision of a shared society and city, that respects all and challenges prejudice, hatred, and discrimination. The project will be delivered city wide across communities of faith and belief groups, large and small, depending on their locations/multiple locations, will come together at various sites to showcase and share opportunities for engagement with others within their facilities resulting in wider community impacts and engagements.
The project forms parts of the Belfast PEACEPLUS Local Community Action Plan, which is supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB).
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £304,564
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79952100 - Cultural event organisation services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN06 - Belfast
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Interfaith and Belief Project will build, improve and sustain relationships between and within communities of different faiths and beliefs by addressing issues of trust, prejudice, intolerance and building mutual respect and a shared commitment to the common good.
The objective of the project is to deliver an interfaith and belief collaboration project through a 3 year Education and Awareness element, an 18 month Unity and Peace – Welcoming Programme element and a 3 year celebrating faith festivals across the city with a view to increase knowledge and awareness about different faiths and beliefs across Belfast.
The project will engage 870 direct participants in cross community, interfaith joined up collaboration, with a wider 2,900 members engaged in capacity building, café culture events, training, learning, sharing and creation of awareness through the programme including projects which reach those most disadvantaged in the City.
The allocated budget for this project is £304,564 (excluding VAT) over 3 years from February 2025 – December 2027.
Stream 1: Education and Awareness (3year programme) This project element aims to increase knowledge and awareness about different faiths &, beliefs across Belfast and as a result improve relations between people of different religions and nonreligious backgrounds and build trust and respect through the development of educational materials.
Stream 2: Unity and Peace Welcoming Programme (18month programme) This project element aims to increase awareness of the physical, human and community assets within different interfaith and belief organisations across Belfast, with a view to seeing how these can best be utilised within Belfast’s vision of a shared society and in helping to achieve the outcomes within the Belfast Agenda.
Stream 3 Celebrating Faith Festivals in the City (3year programme) This project element aims to celebrate and showcase the diversity of faiths & beliefs across Belfast through a range of different events and activities with a view to building Belfast’s vision of a shared society and city, that respects all and challenges prejudice, hatred, and discrimination. The project will be delivered city wide across communities of faith and belief groups, large and small, depending on their locations/multiple locations, will come together at various sites to showcase and share opportunities for engagement with others within their facilities resulting in wider community impacts and engagements.
The project forms parts of the Belfast PEACEPLUS Local Community Action Plan, which is supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB).
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Approach and Implementation / Weighting: 25%
Quality criterion - Name: Management, Resources and Systems / Weighting: 10%
Quality criterion - Name: Administration / Weighting: 10%
Quality criterion - Name: Monitoring and performance management / Weighting: 15%
Quality criterion - Name: Communications / Weighting: 5%
Quality criterion - Name: Social value / Weighting: 15%
Cost criterion - Name: Cost / Weighting: 20%
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Possible extension up to 6 months subject to funding and all necessary approvals.
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: Yes
Identification of the project
PEACEPLUS
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2024/S 000-036967
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
12 March 2025
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
The Corrymeela Community
Ballycastle
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKN0F - Mid and East Antrim
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £304,564
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice
Belfast
Country
United Kingdom