The competition was launched on 18 February 2019 in Vilnius. Present at the event were UIA Secretary General Serban Tiganas and International Competitions Commission Co-director Jerzy Grochulski.   

Participants of the architectural competition will be asked to design a building, two concert halls, spaces for lounge bars, a spacious lobby with a breath-taking view of the city, and premises for any other cultural activities. The budget for design and construction works amounts to EUR 52 million. All object designing, construction and installation as well as land plot management related costs are included in this amount.  

In accordance with the terms and conditions of the architectural design competition drawn up by the municipality, the new building should accommodate up to 1,700 people in the big hall and 500 people in the small hall. The architectural contest is organised by the Lithuanian Union of Architects on behalf on the Vilnius City Municipal Administration in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania.  

Interested participants are invited to register via CPP lS https://pirkimai.eviesiejipirkimai.lt. All communication between the Contracting Authority and the Participants will be conducted via this system.  

All queries and the responses to the queries will be published anonymously in the Q&A Logs, which will be made publicly available and uploaded to the CPP IS portal https://pirkimai.eviesiejipirkimai.lt.   

How to download the competition brief (English version):

1.Open the link that provides information on the technical procurement documentation https://cvpp.eviesiejipirkimai.lt/Notice/Details/2019-635435.

2. Find three buttons below the blue long line on the top of the document.

3. Click on the second button: "Peržiūrėti išorinius dokumentus". A new page will open to show a list of files and annexes. Click on  https://pirkimai.eviesiejipirkimai.lt/app/rfq/publicpurchase_docs.asp?PID=444422.  and scroll down to the competition brief.

4. Click on the competition brief  to download the pdf file.