Published date: 7 January 2022

Last edited date: 13 January 2022

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: 4 February 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research consultancy services - 73210000

Location of contract

United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, British Oversea Territories, Europe, Rest of the World

Value of contract

£25,000 to £50,000

Procurement reference

BIP655249821

Published date

7 January 2022

Closing date

4 February 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

28 February 2022

Contract end date

31 July 2022

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

NOTE: This notice was updated on 12 January 2022 for the following reason: Tender deadline extended until 04/02/22(Supporting Grassroots Live Music (SGLM) is a strand of National Lottery Project Grants (NLPG), Arts Council England's open-access programme for arts, museums and libraries projects. The SGLM strand has a budget of £1.5m per year ring-fenced for organisations and individuals whose work focuses on the hosting and promotion of live music events in venues.

Arts Council England are seeking an independent evaluator to conduct a process and impact evaluation of the SGLM programme. The evaluation will provide insight and evidence of the impact of SGLM on grassroots music venues and promotors since 2019 and help inform and shape our continued to support to this sector once the ring-fenced funding finishes (currently scheduled for March 2022 but with a possible extension to March 2023 TBC). It should also provide wider learning for the Arts Council around how time limited financial interventions such as this one can be successfully delivered. The aims of the evaluation are therefore three-fold:
a)To look back at funding to date to evaluate and understand how effective the programme has been in meeting its original aims and outcomes (as outlined below), and whether it has had the intended impact;
b)To look forward, informing how the Arts Council might continue to support grassroots music venues and promoters beyond the life of this ring-fenced fund;
c)To identify any learning that can be derived from this time-limited intervention that could inform the Arts Council's work with other sectors.)

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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

21 Bloomsbury Street
London
WC1B 3HF
UK

Telephone

01615374120

Email

amanda.jones@artscouncil.org.uk