Published date: 6 April 2020

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 14 February 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£41,666

Procurement reference

tender_230634/849009

Published date

6 April 2020

Closing date

14 February 2020

Contract start date

6 March 2020

Contract end date

31 October 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Ambition for Excellence focuses on stimulating and supporting significant ambition and excellence across the arts sector in England. The fund opened in May 2015 and Arts Council invested £36m into the programme funding 68 projects. The last awards were made at the end of February 2018 and projects run for no longer than 3-years in length with all activity due to end no later than April 2021.

The Ambition for Excellence programme aims to:
- contribute to the development of strong cultural places
- grow and develop talent and leadership in the regions and across artforms
- give an international dimension to excellent work
- create the highest quality new work, including for outdoor and festival contexts

Ambition for Excellence focuses on funding large scale practice(s) and/or projects for creative and artistic development opportunities that will support a step change in practice within and beyond the organisations funded.

Arts Council England requires a programme-level evaluation of Ambition for Excellence to understand the impact, legacy successes and challenges for the programme. The evaluation should bring together secondary and primary research providing a programme-level evidence of the programme's contribution and impact against the over-arching programme aims. We would like the evaluation to highlight key findings and learnings that can be shared more widely within the sector and inform future investment funds relating to this area of work and review the delivery of the programme by Arts Council. The evaluation should additionally, bear in mind what contribution, nuance and understanding these learnings can provide for ACE into its next 10 Year Strategy.

Award information

Awarded date

3 March 2020

Contract start date

6 March 2020

Contract end date

31 October 2020

Total value of contract

£38,787.50

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Applied Market Solutions Ltd

Address

Goodwin House, 5 Union Court, Richmond Up Thames, London, TW9 1AA

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Zobair

Address

Bloomsbury St, Bloomsbury,
London
WC1B 3HF
England

Email

procurement.services@artscouncil.org.uk

Website

www.artscouncil.org.uk