Department for Culture, Media and Sport

How to win their contracts

Measured from Department for Culture, Media and Sport's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

• Plan for about 26 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 9 of their tenders.
• They publish about 1.7 tenders a month, measured over 40 months of history.
• Half of the tenders where they publish a value are estimated at £45.7k or less.
• Most of their buying falls in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security, musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials, research and development services and related consultancy services.
• Their most frequent suppliers are Momart Ltd (4), Edel Assanti (2), Fletcher Gallery Services Ltd (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.