Published date: 4 September 2019

Last edited date: 4 September 2019

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: 20 September 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£8,333

Procurement reference

tender_215414/787414

Published date

4 September 2019

Closing date

20 September 2019

Contract start date

23 September 2019

Contract end date

31 December 2019

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

The aim of this project is to appoint a suitable consultant to undertake the feasibility research
and report on the findings for a national Access Card for disabled audiences. Working in
partnership with Arts Council Northern Ireland, Arts Council Wales, Arts Council England,
Creative Scotland and the British Film Institute. The partners are contributing to this study, and
there will be consultation with disabled users in each area.

Framework for study:

1. A review of the current card schemes in the market place.
2. Explore the merits of establishing a cross border card vs. national only cards looking at
any challenges to implementation.
3. Outline indication of budgets required, implementation timeline, technological and
system requirements.
4. Explore options for card to service publicly subsidised arts and cultural sector or wider
roll out including commercial and non-subsidised partners
5. Pricing options for the card e.g. free to end user, subsidised or full cost
6. Incorporate 1 day of consultation in each home nation to get local views
7. Look at the data each working group member is interested in capturing from the card e.g.
audience data, geographical data, demographics and disability
8. Produce final report including options analysis
9. Present final report findings to the partnership group

The information and documents for this opportunity are available on the Bravo eSourcing portal: https://public.bravosolution.co.uk/artscouncil/web/login.html. On the web page use the current opportunities link.

You must register on this site to respond, if you are already registered you will not need to register again, simply use your existing username and password.

Bids will not be accepted via email.

More information

Links

Additional text

The information and documents for this opportunity are available on the Bravo eSourcing portal.

You must register on this site to respond, if you are already registered you will not need to register again, simply use your existing username and password.

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