Published date: 20 November 2023

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 9 February 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Legal documentation and certification services - 79130000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£50,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

BIP824763335

Published date

20 November 2023

Closing date

9 February 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

18 March 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

As part of the development of a UK-wide Access Scheme (All In) Arts Council England is seeking to develop of a set of national access standards and accreditation plan.
The overall aim of All In is improve D/deaf, Disabled, and Neurodivergent audience members' experience of creative and cultural organisations by successfully developing, incubating, and piloting a UK-wide, disability-led, digital membership scheme. All In will be free for customers at the point of use and include Sector backed Standards and Accreditation (this ITT) for venues, training and support for the sector, listings, and a route to online booking and companion ticket offer. It will also provide audience insights for partners and participating venues. The other elements of All In are being procured separately.
All In has been commissioned by a Partnership comprising ACE, Arts Council Northern Ireland (ACNI), Arts Council Wales (ACW), the British Film Institute (BFI), and Creative Scotland (CS).
Arts Council England adopts the Social Model of Disability, which recognises that it is the social, procedural and attitudinal barriers which disable people.
The intention of this part of All In is to produce a Standards framework containing existing standards including 1, Built Environment (British Standards Institute BS 8300-2:2018), 2. Digital and Communications (W3C: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) as well as encouraging the development of standards in 3. Customer Service and 4. Commissioning, Events and Programming.
Following extensive discovery work in these four areas and having undertaken market engagement with potential providers we have developed and refined our scope of requirements and provided an extended tendering period.
We are open to the above services either being procured from a single supplier or a consortium.

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The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement Services

Address

The Hive, 49 Lever Street
Manchester
M1 1FN
UK

Telephone

01619344317

Email

Procurement.Services@artscouncil.org.uk