Public Art in bus shelters
- Buyer
- Castlethorpe Parish Council
- Value
- £38,000
- Closes
- 20 November 2026
- Where
- Milton Keynes, the North East
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
Castlethorpe Parish Council wants to commission an artist to create and install public artwork in two bus shelters in their village. The artwork must reflect village character, be weather and vandal resistant, require minimal maintenance, and involve community participation with the local school, youth club and other groups.
What the buyer wants
• Design and create durable public artwork for two bus shelters that reflects village features and themes • Install the artwork ensuring it is weather-proof, vandal-proof and low-maintenance • Work collaboratively with community groups including the First School, Youth Club and WI during the design and delivery process
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
This is a specialist arts commission rather than a trade service contract; most tradespeople without professional artist credentials or a strong portfolio of public art installations will be unlikely to win against professional artists, though collaborative design approaches involving local tradespeople alongside a lead artist may be possible.
How to bid
This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.
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