UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

ACE 295 ITT - Environmental Adviser to the Government Indemnity Scheme. The initial term for the contract is 2 years, there is an option to extend the contract for 2 further periods of 1 year each. Maximum contract term is 4 years. Advice service to act as 'Environmental Adviser' to the Government Indemnity Scheme (GIS). The Environmental Adviser will comment on the suitability of the building for the loan as part of this environmental risk management, ensure that objects to be covered by Government Indemnity are managed in line with the environmental conditions set out in the published Guidelines for Non-national Institutions (UK), and ensure that an appropriate environment is being maintained to minimise risk to objects on loan under Government Indemnity.

ACE 229 ITT Development and Support Services for Staff Intranet Solution Procured via CCS G Cloud Initial term 07/05/21 - 06/05/23, option to extend 07/05/23 - 06/05/24

Legal services advising on a complex employment case.

ACE 368 ITT Business Central Managed Services and Support Initial term 16/05/2022 - 16/05/2024, option to extend by 2 periods of 1 year each Procured via CCS G Cloud Framework

This notice is for Award by Arts Council England to Nimble Group IT Ltd t/a NG-IT for a 3-year period for the supply of Barracuda Data Protection Cloud to Cloud Backup (Office 365 Suite) services with 3 years support.

Arts Council England (ACE) are seeking to procure a service provider (which may be an individual provider or a joint venture comprising of a number of providers, or a prime contractor that may sub-contract certain elements of the services) to develop, host and maintain the arts jobs website (http://www.artsjobs.org.uk/). The arts jobs platform is a key strand of the ACE's developmental role. As described in further detail in the tender documents, the service provider shall: - develop a new arts jobs and arts news website (the 'Website'), - host and provide support for the website, - provide ongoing development of the website as agreed with ACE during the term of the contract, - moderate the content posted by users on the website, - ensure ACE's pricing policy for the website is correctly applied, - manage the Twitter account for arts jobs, and - provide an automated marketing email service.

ACE 467 STA - Refresh of Museums, Libraries and Archives 2010 Standard Charge Approach Guidance publications. Update to Museums, Libraries and Archives 2010 Standard Charge Approach Guidance publications to include a) Arts, museums and new development A standard charge approach and b) Public Libraries, Archives and New Development.

ACE 483 Media Contact Database Procured via CCS framework RM6134 Media Monitoring and Associated Services. Initial term 31st March 2023 - 30th March 2024, 6 month extension to 30th September 2024.

ACE 547 STA Media Monitoring and Evaluation Initial term 01st April 2023 - 31st March 2024, 6 month extension until 01st October 2024

To undertake the assessment of Global Talent visa endorsement applications from fashion designers on ACE's behalf.

Creation of a digital community networking platform on which the named cultural programmes can connect, share learning and network

Appointment of a development partner to provide the online platform for the Access Scheme that acts as a hub to showcase the different strands of work that fall under the umbrella of the Access Scheme.

Assessment of Global Talent visa endorsement applications from people working in Film and TV on behalf of Arts Council England.

Appointment of a partner to develop a name, visual identity, brand and initial marketing strategy for the access scheme, which will be compelling for three distinct groups: arts organisations, vendors and customers - each of which will have a wide variety of members. Appointed via Further Competition under CCS Framework RM6125 Lot 1

HR system where staff can anonymously and safely report microaggressions related to identity (and also microaffirmations).

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) have commissioned Arts Council England Youth Advisory Board to oversee a report on on Children and Young People's view on their own cultural education. Therefore Arts Council England are inviting tenders from a broad range of organisations (for example those working in the youth, community, education, arts or heritage settings) to conduct youth-led, accessible and creative research. The youth-led research project will hear Children and Young People's experiences, views and ideas about cultural education, which will feed into the Government's policy work on the Cultural Education Plan. The project will enable more young people to participate in decision making on a national policy level. The Cultural Education Plan was announced in the Government's 2022 education White Paper.

Procurement of a digital solution to digitising the export licensing process of cultural goods, from application, through assessment, decision, issuing and tracking and finally close-out in line with the government's digital strategy.

Purchase of Servers and Network switches for Disaster Recovery purposes

ACE is seeking a research consultant/s to undertake mixed-methods research into community-led groups who organise creative activity delivered in group settings, focusing on 3 places in the South East area. The scope of what is meant by 'community-led creative groups' would be agreed with the successful consultant/s at inception stage but will include a wide range of creative activity and community settings organised by non-professional artists.

Arts Council England (ACE) are seeking a service provider to conduct a process and impact evaluation of the Museums and Schools programme from its inception in 2012 to present. The evaluation will provide in-depth insight and evidence of the impact the Museums and Schools programme has had on participating museums, schools and the pupils and teachers reached through the programme, against expected aims and outcomes outlined in the programme's Theory of Change (ToC) . It should in turn identify learnings from this ten-year investment in the programme that may inform future development of this programme in the current funding and policy context and more broadly, inform ACE and DfE's current and future place-based approaches to investment in children and young people (CYP).