The Arts Council of England: tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

The Arts Council of England has published 35 tenders in United Kingdom.

Its buying spans 6 CPV divisions, most often it services: consulting, software development, internet and support.

Across 5 awarded contracts the median value is £888.5k.

Its published awards total £4.3m.

How to win their contracts

Measured from The Arts Council of England's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

Plan for about 37 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 8 of their tenders.
They publish about 0.5 tenders a month, measured over 67 months of history.
Half of their 5 awarded contracts are worth £888.5k or less — size your bid to that range.
Most of their buying falls in it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security, research and development services and related consultancy services.
Their most frequent suppliers are Humsa fr (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
Quality Evaluation Framework	Counting What Counts Ltd	30 September 2022	£1.3m
Security Consultants Framework Agreement	Acanthurus Ltd	22 April 2021	£300k
ACE 496a ITT Artsmark Specialist Training Provider	Goldsmiths	-	£696.3k
Arts Access Scheme - "All-In" Digital Membership System	Calvium Ltd	-	£1.1m
ACE 512 ITT Children & Young People National Engagement Surv...	Kantar Public UK Ltd trading as Verian Group	-	£888.5k