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The Arts Council of England

Contracting authorityUKD33

Live contracts

131

6 awarded last 90d

Total awarded

£33.4m

£389k last 90d

Active suppliers

265

210 SME (55%)

Notices published

547

516 awards

Activity range

09 Feb → 24 Apr

First award 2016

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

Awards (£m)12m moving avg
The Arts Council of England — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£1m£2m£3mJunSeptDecMarJunSeptDecMar

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

7

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

20

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

6

£389k

Modified (90d)

0

Amendment notices

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

Unspecified507 · £27.9m
services40 · £16.5m

Instrument type

contract537 · £43.4m
call off10 · £975k
Source:Contracts Finder: 462Find a Tender: 85

Awarded contracts · 131 live

All contracts with a published award notice where The Arts Council of England is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
GB-Manchester: ACE 694 CCS - Relocation and Recycling of furniture from Brighton OfficeJohnsons 1871 Limited90514000£10k08 Aug 2025active
GB-Manchester: ACE 719 CCS - Legal AdviceBurges Salmon LLP79100000£14k16 Mar 2026active
GB-Manchester: ACE 720 CCS - Purchase of Surface Pros and LaptopsBallicom Limited30213100£200k23 Mar 2026active
GB-Manchester: ACE 1065 CCS - Interim Cyber Security LeadMichael Page International Recruitment Limited79610000£45k24 Apr 2026active
Evaluation of the Cultural Development Fund—79311400£83kest.—active
GB-Manchester: ACE 716 DAC Business CentralTotal Enterprise Solutions T/A ForGood.Tech72600000£81k21 Apr 2026active
GB-Manchester: ACE 715 CCS Bacs servicesBottomline Technologies Limited66110000£20k18 Mar 2026active
Evaluation of Museum Development Small Grant ProgrammesPS Research Limited——active
GB-Manchester: ACE 706 CCS - Digital Strategy final business caseMichael Page Consulting72000000£77k13 Feb 2026active
GB-Manchester: ACE 703 CCS - Cognos Health Checks and OptimisationSempre Analytics Limited72600000£30k13 Mar 2026active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
CW
Counting What Counts Ltd
3 contracts · SME · 03 Jul – 30 Sept
£4.6mest.
14% of total
—
2
CL
Calvium Ltd
2 contracts · SME · 22 Aug
£2.1mest.
6% of total
▼ 100%
3
GO
Goldsmiths
2 contracts · 31 May
£1.4mest.
4% of total
—
4
AM
Alexander Mann
1 contract · 02 Dec
£1.4m
4% of total
▼ 100%
5
JB
Julie's Bicycle
1 contract · SME · 16 Jan
£1.1m
3% of total
—
6
PD
Public Digital Limited
3 contracts · 16 Oct – 31 Jan
£1.1m
3% of total
▼ 100%
7
KP
Kantar Public UK Ltd trading as Verian Group
1 contract
£917kest.
3% of total
—
8
KP
Kantar Public UK Ltd trading as Verian Group
1 contract · 10 Mar
£889k
3% of total
—

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
74 contracts
£11.5m
25%
IT services, software
52 contracts
£10.9m
24%
Business, legal, advisory
160 contracts
£8.0m
18%
R&D services
183 contracts
£5.6m
12%
Software packages, IT
28 contracts
£4.9m
11%
Architecture, engineering
14 contracts
£2.2m
5%
Sewage, waste, environment
9 contracts
£1.3m
3%
Financial, insurance
25 contracts
£1.1m
2%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jun
Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Other
0
IT services, software
0
0
0
0
Business, legal, advisory
0
0
0
R&D services
Software packages, IT
1
Architecture, engineering
0
0
LessMore (£m awarded)