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# The Arts Council of England

GB

Pays suppliers on time?

Pays on time 100% of invoices paid within 30 days · 5 days on average (to 30 Sept 2026) [Source](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098069-2026)

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live tenders

Published

206

since 16 Nov 2015

Typical value

£50,000

median of 149 stated values

Value range

£10k to £1.6m

lowest to highest

## Open opportunities

The Arts Council of England has no open tenders right now.

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## How this buyer buys

8 of The Arts Council of England's notices were call-offs from a framework, DPS or dynamic market, worth £2,908,928 in total. Only suppliers on the route can win that work.

- [RM6263 Digital Specialists and Programmes](https://tendernation.io/frameworks/RM6263) Framework No: this framework has expired Existing call-offs can run on. Watch for its replacement. 2 call-offs £111,900 last 15 Oct 2025
- [RM6098 Technology Products & Associated Services 2](https://tendernation.io/frameworks/RM6098) Framework No: framework closed until about 9 Oct 2027 It ends 9 Oct 2027, so a replacement is likely to be tendered before then. That is your chance to get on it. 1 call-off £199,960 last 19 May 2026
- [RM6285 Back Office Software 2](https://tendernation.io/frameworks/RM6285) Framework No: framework closed until about 17 Aug 2027 It ends 17 Aug 2027, so a replacement is likely to be tendered before then. That is your chance to get on it. 1 call-off £675,000 last 24 Oct 2025
- [RM3745 Management Consultancy Framework (MCF)](https://tendernation.io/frameworks/RM3745) Framework No: this framework has expired Existing call-offs can run on. Watch for its replacement. 1 call-off £450,000 last 17 Nov 2020
- [RM6360 Legal Panel for Government](https://tendernation.io/frameworks/RM6360) Framework No: framework closed until about 29 Sep 2028 Only suppliers already on it can win call-offs. It runs until 29 Sep 2028; you can bid for its replacement then. 1 call-off £13,850 last 19 May 2026
- [RM6277 Non Clinical Staffing](https://tendernation.io/frameworks/RM6277) Framework No: framework closed until about 24 Apr 2027 It ends 24 Apr 2027, so a replacement is likely to be tendered before then. That is your chance to get on it. 1 call-off £58,218 last 26 Aug 2026
- [RM6288 Workforce Solutions](https://tendernation.io/frameworks/RM6288) Framework No: framework closed until about 5 Aug 2031 Only suppliers already on it can win call-offs. It runs until 5 Aug 2031; you can bid for its replacement then. 1 call-off £1,400,000 last 24 Oct 2025

## Procurement contacts

People The Arts Council of England named as contact points in its own tender and award notices, newest first.

13 contacts published by The Arts Council of England

Names, emails and phone numbers exactly as the buyer published them in its notices. Included with Professional and Business.

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##  Recent contract awards

- [Jackson Coles LLP](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/jackson-coles)

    [Project Management Consultancy Services](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13be8-384a-72e0-bf0f-13d22772366a/project-management-consultancy-services)

    £24,933

    13 Aug 2026
- [Steer Davies & Gleave Limited](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/steer-davies-and-gleave)

    [Evaluation of Cultural Development Fund](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bea-3f17-72f9-bcc6-fde6df4f3ea6/evaluation-of-cultural-development-fund)

    £69,054

    5 Aug 2026
- [Jones Lang Lasalle Limited](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/jones-lang-lasalle)

    [GB-Manchester: ACE 739 NFP - Project Management Services for Coventry Storage facility fit-out](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d22-4587-725b-b9c1-6db9615f750c/gb-manchester-ace-739-nfp-project-management-services-for-coventry-storage-fa)

    £93,095

    24 Jul 2026
- [Buttress Architects Ltd](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/buttress-architects)

    [GB-Manchester: ACE 737 CCS Provision of Specialist Property Consultancy advice](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d21-6ff5-71d1-be57-76e0400aadcb/gb-manchester-ace-737-ccs-provision-of-specialist-property-consultancy-advice)

    £25,965

    17 Jun 2026
- [The Access Group](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/access-group)

    [Payroll Bureau Services](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13be8-74e2-72a3-8c11-0072655879c7/payroll-bureau-services)

    £94,036

    17 Jun 2026
- [NG-IT Limited](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/ng-it)

    [Provision of Offsite Backup for Critical data centre servers](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13be8-9e6c-7268-a765-a0f5a1a774bc/provision-of-offsite-backup-for-critical-data-centre-servers)

    £42,084

    9 Jun 2026
- [The Access Group](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/access-group)

    [HR & Payroll SaaS system](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13be8-6f90-7070-8748-3f06d11f4d08/hr-payroll-saas-system)

    £99,988

    9 Jun 2026
- [NG-IT Limited](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/ng-it)

    [Data Centre support and maintenance contract](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13be8-9e0a-7125-8901-af3f4e9e808e/data-centre-support-and-maintenance-contract)

    £26,302

    8 Jun 2026
- [Catch 22](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/catch-22)

    [GB-Manchester: ACE 734 CCS - Interim Estates Manager](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d22-8db9-71fa-819d-089406a17585/gb-manchester-ace-734-ccs-interim-estates-manager)

    £58,218

    27 May 2026
- [Civica UK Ltd](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/civica)

    [English Libraries Insight platform - data transfer services](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13be1-1e12-73a5-9f89-eb7797a0e288/english-libraries-insight-platform-data-transfer-services)

    £20,000

    27 May 2026
- [Michael Page International Recruitment Limited](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/michael-page-international-recruitment)

    [GB-Manchester: ACE 1065 CCS - Interim Cyber Security Lead](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d1f-4838-7040-b826-955a72cc13f8/gb-manchester-ace-1065-ccs-interim-cyber-security-lead)

    £44,850

    24 Apr 2026
- [Total Enterprise Solutions T/A ForGood.Tech](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/total-enterprise-solutions-t-a-forgood-tech)

    [GB-Manchester: ACE 716 DAC Business Central](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d1f-5bb3-719d-ad7f-4ed3bb209a9d/gb-manchester-ace-716-dac-business-central)

    £80,606

    21 Apr 2026

## Contracts coming up for renewal

The Arts Council of England's contracts ending in the next two years, from award notices and its own contract register. Most go back out to tender, so this is the time to get to know the buyer.

- [GB-Manchester: ACE 737 CCS Provision of Specialist Property Consultancy advice](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d21-6ff5-71d1-be57-76e0400aadcb/gb-manchester-ace-737-ccs-provision-of-specialist-property-consultancy-advice) [Buttress Architects Ltd](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/buttress-architects) · Award notice Ends 6 Nov 2026 £25,965
- [GB-Manchester: ACE 734 CCS - Interim Estates Manager](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d22-8db9-71fa-819d-089406a17585/gb-manchester-ace-734-ccs-interim-estates-manager) [Catch 22](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/catch-22) · Award notice Ends 31 Dec 2026 £58,218
- [GB-Manchester: ACE 529 ITT - Website support and development](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13cf5-4055-7137-a8ee-d70cbf7835b0/gb-manchester-ace-529-itt-website-support-and-development) [CTI Digital](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/cti-digital) · Award notice Ends 28 Feb 2027 £291,000
- [GB-Manchester: ACE 679 STA - Learning & Development solution](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d02-030c-70ae-bf32-dfd16ef1e865/gb-manchester-ace-679-sta-learning-development-solution) [Kallidus](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/kallidus) · Award notice Ends 5 Mar 2027 £100,000
- [English Libraries Insight platform - data transfer services](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13be1-1e12-73a5-9f89-eb7797a0e288/english-libraries-insight-platform-data-transfer-services) [Civica UK Ltd](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/civica) · Award notice Ends 31 Mar 2027 £20,000
- [GB-Manchester: ACE 321 CCS - Supply of Internal Audit Services - contract extension](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13ced-a21d-7018-bff9-ac8e7c03b8d2/gb-manchester-ace-321-ccs-supply-of-internal-audit-services-contract-extens) [RSM UK Risk Assurance Services](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/rsm-risk-assurance-services) · Award notice Ends 31 Mar 2027 £190,000
- [GB-Manchester: ACE 703 CCS - Cognos Health Checks and Optimisation](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d19-7776-716e-a26c-aa5922a02f2a/gb-manchester-ace-703-ccs-cognos-health-checks-and-optimisation) [Sempre Analytics Limited](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/sempre-analytics) · Award notice Ends 31 Mar 2027 £30,000
- [GB-Manchester: ACE 600 STA - LinkedIn Careers page](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13cda-7a68-7325-9635-4295ceb424a2/gb-manchester-ace-600-sta-linkedin-careers-page) [LinkedIn](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/linkedin) · Award notice Ends 31 May 2027 £26,000
- [GB-Manchester: ACE 660 STA Digital Accelerator Project consultancy](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d03-32dc-7315-950b-39043471ff6e/gb-manchester-ace-660-sta-digital-accelerator-project-consultancy) [Any Colour You Want Limited](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/any-colour-you-want) · Award notice Ends 31 May 2027 £95,000
- [GB-Manchester: ACE 661 STA Digital Accelerator Programme consultancy](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d09-40e9-7389-b609-a85caebc7cc4/gb-manchester-ace-661-sta-digital-accelerator-programme-consultancy) [Culture Woods Consulting Limited](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/culture-woods-consulting) · Award notice Ends 31 May 2027 £26,000
- [GB-Manchester: ACE 605 ITT - Wellbeing Portal](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13cf8-5672-70ae-8ff6-f9136e9c93a1/gb-manchester-ace-605-itt-wellbeing-portal) [Unmind Limited](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/unmind) · Award notice Ends 12 Jun 2027 £33,000
- [Provision of a Digital Social listening platform](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bbd-3a98-7177-86b2-8ff52e8aa224/provision-of-a-digital-social-listening-platform) [Runtime Collective Ltd](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/runtime-collective) · Award notice Ends 18 Jun 2027 £22,000
- [Data Centre support and maintenance contract](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13be8-9e0a-7125-8901-af3f4e9e808e/data-centre-support-and-maintenance-contract) [NG-IT Limited](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/nimble-group-it) · Award notice Ends 23 Jun 2027 £26,302
- [Provision of Offsite Backup for Critical data centre servers](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13be8-9e6c-7268-a765-a0f5a1a774bc/provision-of-offsite-backup-for-critical-data-centre-servers) [NG-IT Limited](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/nimble-group-it) · Award notice Ends 30 Jun 2027 £42,084
- [ACE 496a ITT Artsmark Specialist Training Provider](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13b9c-30f1-71e4-9265-c4c30e56f66b/ace-496a-itt-artsmark-specialist-training-provider) [Goldsmiths](https://tendernation.io/suppliers/goldsmiths) · Award notice Ends 31 Jul 2027 £696,300

## What they buy

- [Research & development 52](https://tendernation.io/sectors/research-development)
- [Business services 43](https://tendernation.io/sectors/business-services)
- [IT services 33](https://tendernation.io/sectors/it-services)
- [Education & training 8](https://tendernation.io/sectors/education-training)
- [Furniture, furnishings & cleaning products 5](https://tendernation.io/sectors/furniture-furnishings)
- [Architecture, engineering & surveying 5](https://tendernation.io/sectors/architecture-engineering-surveying)

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