The City Of Sydney has awarded Foti International Fireworks the contract to provide the fireworks for Sydney New Year’s Eve (NYE) 2024 & 2025 with 2 two-year options to extend beyond those editions to up to & including NYE2029.
The decision was made unanimously at a City Of Sydney Corporate, Finance, Properties & Tenders Committee meeting on Monday the 14th of August 2023, where they also resolved to delegate the authority to finalise, execute & administer the contracts to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Monica Barone, before being finalised, also unanimously, at a City Of Sydney Council meeting on Monday the 21st of August 2023.
As part of the tender process for this contract, respondents had to provide information on initiatives to continue reducing the event’s environmental impact. This information will assist the City in analysing and reporting against the environmental performance of the event. After each edition of Sydney NYE, the CEO will provide an update to Councillors on the just completed edition’s environmental performance.
There were 2 respondents to the tender: Foti International Fireworks & Howard and Sons Pyrotechnics.
During the Corporate, Finance, Properties & Tenders Committee meeting on Monday the 14th of August 2023, the Deputy Lord Mayor at the time, Greens Councillor, Sylvie Ellsmore, revealed the City Of Sydney had considered a drone show over “8 sites” but this was deemed currently not viable when it was revealed to Councillors in a briefing they were given by their Council staff a week earlier.
The City Life Director, Emma Rigney, also revealed at that meeting that the contract is designed to be 2 years with 2 two-year optional extensions in case of any environmental improvements or alternatives arising out of the Big Creative Ideas initiative that was launched last year.
The contract was signed on Monday the 13th of November 2023 & is worth AUD$7,804,000 or AUD$1,300,666.7 per edition.
After the not the well thought out combined pyrotechnics & barges and tugs tender failed, the tender was split back into 2 portions for NYE2024-2029. The pyrotechnics was handled as above while the barges & tugs tender will now be advertised now a long-term pyrotechnic contract has been signed.
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