Tender: Event Noise Monitoring Services – Scarborough Open Air Theatre

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The Council is seeking a supplier for Event Noise Monitoring Services at Scarborough Open Air Theatre. The service requires qualified and experienced noise consultants to deliver a comprehensive end-to-end noise monitoring and management service for amplified music events to meet mandatory planning and premises licence conditions, prevent public nuisance and protect nearby noise-sensitive receptors. On show days the appointed Noise Consultant must provide two fully qualified noise monitoring staff—one positioned next to the Front of House sound desk and one monitoring outside the venue from key identified monitoring points in accordance with planning and licensing requirements—and undertake the full lifecycle of each event including pre-event surveys and planning, on-site noise monitoring and control, background noise surveys, sound propagation testing, event day monitoring, a Noise Management Plan and post-event noise reports. There is no guaranteed volume of work; up to 30 music events are permitted per calendar year with past seasons delivering 18 events in 2025 and 28 events in 2026.