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Contract awards
GB-Manchester: ACE 733 GCA - Community Voice Engagement Exercise
Location: United Kingdom
Awarded contractContract ends 31 Mar, 20275 monthsValue £845.10kSource Contracts FinderACE 733 GCA - Community Voice Engagement Exercise ACE has established a contract to design, deliver and manage an online community engagement exercise in England. The participants will be adults (aged 18+) and young people (aged 16-17 years old). The Contractor will be required to deliver and manage the online communi
Awarded to Thinks Insight and Strategy (Britain Thinks) Limited
ACE 1094 DAC - Media Copyright Licence
Location: United Kingdom
Awarded contractContract ends 31 May, 20277 monthsValue £62.97kSource Find a TenderACE 1094 DAC - Media Copyright Licence Licence required for our online media monitoring services, and permits us to make physical replications of media coverage if required. The Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA) is the sole organisation to provide a licence that gives us permission needed to supply, receive and access o
Awarded to NLA Media Access Ltd
ACE 1054 DAC - Recruitment - Project Management Lead
Location: United Kingdom
Awarded contractPublished 20 Nov, 2025Value £94.20kSource Find a TenderACE 1054 DAC - Recruitment - Project Management Lead Recruitment support to appoint a senior, experienced Interim PMO Lead to establish and embed a Programme Management Office (PMO) to support the next phase of the Arts Council’s transformation programme. This role will be pivotal in driving delivery discipline, transp
Awarded to Michael Page International
ACE 1011 ITT - Private Dance Schools Research 2025/26
Location: United Kingdom
Awarded contractPublished 13 Nov, 2025Value £33.04kSource Find a TenderACE 1011 ITT - Private Dance Schools Research 2025/26 ACE is seeking a contractor to conduct research that will help ACE to better understand the current role of Private Dance Schools / studios throughout England (in terms of how they fit into local cultural infrastructure, particularly in relation to geographical and
Awarded to University of Bedfordshire
ACE 1003 ITT - Touring Research 2025/26
Location: United Kingdom
Awarded contractPublished 13 Nov, 2025Value £46.50kSource Find a TenderACE 1003 ITT - Touring Research 2025/26 ACE is seeking to gain a deeper understanding of the current landscape of the theatre, dance, music and combined arts touring sectors and ecologies, and how these have evolved since the Covid-19 pandemic. The specific focus of this study is the Touring of theatre, dance, music, a
Awarded to World Pencil Ltd
ACE 1050 DAC - SIP Telephony Contract
Location: United Kingdom
Awarded contractPublished 5 Nov, 2025Value £43.02kSource Find a TenderACE 1050 DAC - SIP Telephony Contract External Teams telephony and call management into customer services. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=992378010
Awarded to Voyager Networks Limited
ACE 1014 ITT - Incentivising Touring Fund Evaluation
Location: United Kingdom
Awarded contractPublished 5 Nov, 2025Value £49.74kSource Find a TenderACE 1014 ITT - Incentivising Touring Fund Evaluation Arts Council England requires a Contractor to deliver a programme-level evaluation of the Incentivising Touring scheme. The aim of the evaluation is to provide evidence demonstrating the extent to which the scheme has achieved its expected aims and outcomes. To view
Awarded to AMION Consulting Limited
ACE 1053 DAC - Access Pay Bank Verification for Applicants (business continuity)
Location: United Kingdom
Awarded contractPublished 5 Nov, 2025Value £10.50kSource Find a TenderACE 1053 DAC - Access Pay Bank Verification for Applicants (business continuity) A system for verifying funding applicant bank details at speed due to business continuity plans To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=992327163
Awarded to Access Systems (UK) Limited
ACE 1046 DAC - Programme Management Services - English Library Insights (ELI) Database and Discovery
Location: United Kingdom
Awarded contractPublished 5 Nov, 2025Value £66.00kSource Find a TenderACE 1046 DAC - Programme Management Services - English Library Insights (ELI) Database and Discovery To lead the planning, prioritisation, mobilisation, and delivery of the English Library Insights programme, ensuring alignment with ACE’s strategic goals and delivering measurable value to ACE stakeholders, library serv
Awarded to Jink Management Limited
GB-Manchester: ACE 636 ITT - Collections Care Adviser to Government Indemnity Scheme
Location: United Kingdom
Awarded contractContract ends 31 Mar, 202929 monthsValue £79.92kSource Contracts FinderACE requires an advice service to act as Collections Care Adviser (previous contract was called Environmental Adviser), to the Government Indemnity Scheme (GIS). Bids are welcomed from both sole traders, SME's as well as larger organisations. We would expect the successful applicant to have relevant and current experie
Awarded to Spencer & Fry Limited
ACE 1009 DAC - Risk and Planning Management Software
Location: United Kingdom
Awarded contractPublished 17 Sept, 2025Value £39.14kSource Find a TenderACE 1009 DAC - Risk and Planning Management Software. Verto 365 Project Management Software Solution for Arts Council England, to provide us with an overview of all projects and risks across the organisation. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=9810248
Awarded to TMI Systems Limited
GB-Manchester: ACE 683 CCS - Senior Recruitment Campaign for Midlands Area Director
Location: United Kingdom
Awarded contractPublished 11 Sept, 2025Value £20.00kSource Contracts FinderACE 683 CCS - Senior Recruitment Campaign for Midlands Area Director Provision of executive recruitment services, specifically the identification and placement of one Midlands Area Director. Procured via Crown Commercial Services Executive & Non-Executive Recruitment Services Framework RM6290 Initial term 11/04/2025
Awarded to Green Park Interim and Executive Ltd
GB-Manchester: ACE 678 STA - Evaluation for the Artsmark & Teaching for Creativity Pilot Project
Location: United Kingdom
Awarded contractPublished 11 Sept, 2025Value £20.00kSource Contracts FinderACE 678 STA - Evaluation for the Artsmark & Teaching for Creativity Pilot Project The work will result in an evaluation report that: Assesses the Artsmark framework's effectiveness in fostering teaching for creativity and the impact of network-building and knowledge-sharing among schools. Measures the influence of Tea
Awarded to Dr David Parker
ACE 669 ITT - All In Member Services Hub delivery partner
Location: United Kingdom
Awarded contractContract ends 30 Jun, 202932 monthsValue £411.46kSource Contracts FinderArts Council England (ACE) have appointed a delivery partner for our All In Member Services Hub. All In is a new arts access scheme for D/deaf, disabled, and neurodivergent people in the UK and Ireland. You can find out more on our website: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/developing-creativity-and-culture/diversity/all-
Awarded to This Named Company Ltd trading as The Card Network
GB-Manchester: ACE 690 CCS - Subsidy Control Legal Advice in relation to CCF Capital Programme
Location: United Kingdom
Awarded contractPublished 18 Aug, 2025Value £12.00kSource Contracts FinderACE 690 CCS - Subsidy Control Legal Advice in relation to CCF Capital Programme Call off from Crown Commercial Services Framework RM6179 Lot 1 - General Legal Advice and Services
Awarded to DWF Law LLP
DDAT Architecture as a Service
Location: United Kingdom
Awarded contractPublished 25 Jul, 2025Value £96.50kSource Find a TenderDDAT Architecture as a Service To achieve its strategic goals in a rapidly evolving digital landscape, ACE requires a coherent, forward-looking enterprise architecture that aligns its DDaT capabilities with organisational outcomes. By investing in enterprise architecture services, ACE can create a unified technology ro
Awarded to MICHAEL PAGE INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENT LIMITED Trading as PageConsulting
ACE 1016 DAC - Digital Transformation Services Supporting the Relationship Hub Implementation Project
Location: United Kingdom
Awarded contractPublished 26 Jun, 2025Value £33.33kSource Find a TenderACE 1016 DAC - Digital Transformation Services Supporting the Relationship Hub Implementation Project Expert digital transformation expertise relating to the tailoring and configuration of Microsoft 365 Dynamics with a new environment. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewN
Awarded to M-Hance Limited
ACE 1005 DAC - Sophos Managed Detection and Response service, plus anti-virus software
Location: United Kingdom
Awarded contractPublished 12 Jun, 2025Value £90.02kSource Find a TenderACE 1005 DAC - Sophos Managed Detection and Response service, plus anti-virus software Cloud Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service solution, to consolidate and analyse event logs across the IT estate to determine if there is any malicious activity. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esou
Awarded to Espria Limited
ACE 1004 DAC - Creativity Collaboratives EDI Consultant
Location: United Kingdom
Awarded contractPublished 12 Jun, 2025Value £16.67kSource Find a TenderACE 1004 DAC - Creativity Collaboratives EDI Consultant Commission of a consultant with knowledge and experience of how EDI are positioned and addressed in schools, to work with ACE and the 6 school networks in this programme to propose and produce a strategic delivery plan for the period (April 2025 – July 2026). To v
Awarded to Spotlight Inclusion Ltd
GB-Manchester: ACE 674 - Framing, Packaging and Storage of Arts Council Collection ready for relocation
Location: United Kingdom
Awarded contractPublished 13 May, 2025Value £100.00kSource Contracts FinderFraming, Packaging and Storage of the Arts Council Collection ready for relocation
Awarded to Southbank Centre Limited
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