Published date: 3 September 2021

Last edited date: 7 September 2021

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: 17 September 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research consultancy services - 73210000

  • Evaluation consultancy services - 79419000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£25,000 to £50,000

Procurement reference

BIP623493959

Published date

3 September 2021

Closing date

17 September 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

18 October 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2022

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

NOTE: This notice was updated on 07 September 2021 for the following reason: This tender is being aborted and a new tender will be issued.(Arts Council England are seeking an independent evaluator to conduct a process and impact evaluation of the Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) programme. DYCP is one of Arts Council's main investment programmes supporting the cultural sector. The programme supports the development of independent cultural and creative practioners, giving individuals the opportunity to take a dedicated period of time to focus on their own cultural and creative development and take them to the next stage in their practice. The evaluation will provide insight and evidence of the impact of DYCP on individuals through past funding rounds and shape the programme in the future.

On the LIF evaluation, apologies for not updating you sooner. This is still in progress as we are having a lot of back and forth with DCMS on how to proceed but at the minute it does look like we will be commissioning on the full budget (whether this will be £100k is to be agreed) with a break clause dependent on the outcome of the Spending Review expected later this year. We have a meting with DCMS in a couple of weeks so I'm hoping we will finally all come to an agreement on the way forward and can properly update you and start to make progress with the procurement.)

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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

Amanda Jones

Address

Bloomsbury Street
Bloomsbury
London
WC1B3HF
UK

Telephone

01619344317

Email

amanda.jones@artscouncilengland.org.uk