# The Arts Council England: UK public-sector contract awards > A public buyer profile built from sourced government contract award notices. ## Key facts - Awards: 295 - Known award value: £11,263,333 - Distinct contract winners: 132 - First award: 31 January 2017 - Latest award: 12 August 2025 ## Top contract winners - [SQW LTD](/contract-winners/sqw/public-sector-contract-awards): 7 awards - BOP Consulting: 5 awards - Britain Thinks: 4 awards - Espria Limited: 4 awards - The Audience Agency: 4 awards ## Contract awards ### [GB-Manchester: Legal Advice - Incentivising Touring Pilot Scheme](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b7c00efc-d1cb-4864-a3f5-f27349eb5108) Arts Council England · Withers LLP · £24,186 · 30 September 2024 · awarded ### [GB-Manchester: Project Management - Creative Collaboratives Legacy Evaluation](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c7452845-d8c1-4aec-8260-6dadeb5b245f) Arts Council England · Eleanor Rattenbury · £20,800 · 26 September 2024 · awarded ### [GB-Manchester: Recruitment System Trial](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-515e9624-f32d-49b7-be98-71471e36fa45) Arts Council England · Be Applied Ltd · £16,445 · 11 October 2024 · awarded ### [GB-Manchester: Legal Advice on NPIP process](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-bbbb065f-15aa-45cb-9976-fa57725094f6) Arts Council England · 11 Kings Bench Walk \('11KBW'\) · £20,000 · 11 October 2024 · awarded ### [GB-Manchester: ACE 636 ITT - Collections Care Adviser to Government Indemnity Scheme \(GIS\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-31fc0107-796d-4dbf-87e1-72f0722cf047) Arts Council England · 15 October 2024 · open\_tender ### [Security Consultants Framework](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-9b991718-db82-440a-b464-15a1d817e454) Arts Council England · 11 October 2024 · open\_tender ### [GB-Manchester: ACE 627 ITT Private Investment in Culture 2025](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-0d8a5400-db46-4d3d-bf3f-ad5e5ac1dbbe) Arts Council England · 1 October 2024 · open\_tender ### [GB-Manchester: ACE 567 STA Transforming Governance - Facilitators for Chair Peer Network](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-3029d7d8-a551-4b03-a36b-3dbc2b48169d) Arts Council England · Cause4 limited · £14,400 · 12 April 2024 · awarded ### [GB-Manchester: ACE 602 STA - Mimecast Email Filtering and Scanning](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-274bb836-83ef-408c-b611-4ac8b13c1c81) Arts Council England · Espria Limited · £33,698 · 3 June 2024 · awarded ### [GB-Manchester: ACE 577 STA - Arts Council Online Recruitment and Workforce Development Toolkit](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ffad1cc6-322c-4b99-bc2f-234230b9adc4) Arts Council England · The clear company trading as Theclearcompany\.co\.uk Limited · £11,495 · 27 March 2024 · awarded ### [GB-Manchester: ACE 620 STA - Estates Professional Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-fb6f0993-ad8b-43e6-a344-7b66f21e7060) Arts Council England · Gerald Eve LLP · £16,000 · 15 August 2024 · awarded ### [GB-Manchester: ACE 630 STA - Data Analysis services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-3c6d5cd7-09fd-46b7-85cb-8dbad620b4e6) Arts Council England · Kantar Public UK Ltd TA Verian · £12,180 · 12 September 2024 · awarded ### [GB-Manchester: ACE 622 STA - Economic Contribution of Cultural Sector](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-7c152a4b-c753-4f55-a71e-80dcd3842649) Arts Council England · Centre for Economic and Business Research · £58,500 · 19 August 2024 · awarded ### [GB-Manchester: ACE 623 STA Windows Servers and SQL Licences](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-03096b20-05d8-447e-b0ca-0338226d3f7f) Arts Council England · Bytes Software Services · £68,452 · 20 August 2024 · awarded ### [GB-Manchester: ACE 618 ITT - Evaluation of Arts Council's bilateral partnerships with key European nations](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-0130c5fb-e22a-4c21-b9e0-8ffeaa3caeed) Arts Council England · 16 August 2024 · open\_tender ### [GB-Manchester: ACE 581 ITT - RESEARCH CONSULTANCY SUPPORT - ARTSMARK PLACE PROJECTS](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-9c9b261d-bfa4-4c9d-adfe-26fc99662c02) Arts Council England · The Audience Agency · £35,913 · 2 April 2024 · awarded ### [Development and Delivery of Training to ACE Line Managers](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-47545338-6369-463a-a09a-c8a2ef7ae28b) Arts Council England · First Ascent Group Limited · £100,000 · 3 June 2024 · awarded ### [GB-Manchester: ACE 596 CCS - Transformation Project - additional capabilities](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-4c2f0738-d3ef-4c2a-bd54-39bd2e9bd349) Arts Council England · TPX impact Ltd · £69,300 · 10 June 2024 · awarded ### [GB-Manchester: ACE 595 ITT - Longitudinal Impact Study of Art Council England's Environmental Programme](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b4ae015c-1c59-4784-a2b0-84816f72f596) Arts Council England · Burns Owens Partnership · £49,725 · 30 July 2024 · awarded ### [GB-Manchester: ACE 566 ITT - Research into Developing Disabled Leadership in the Midlands](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-001e900c-94d4-4961-a4a7-b5ad6f62fc95) Arts Council England · 23 July 2024 · open\_tender ### [GB-Manchester: ACE 607 ITT - Touring Research \(Theatre, dance and combined arts\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-5210ec64-d19a-4e68-819c-760b813b4acd) Arts Council England · 9 July 2024 · open\_tender ### [GB-Manchester: ACE 595 ITT - Longitudinal Impact Study of Art Council England's Environmental Programme](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-bfae8fe8-1614-4b81-9204-82b5fa4f8c12) Arts Council England · 24 May 2024 · open\_tender ### [GB-Manchester: ACE 586 ITT - Virtual School/Cultural Sector Learning Partnership Programme Evaluation \(The Midlands\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-32d58362-86b3-45c0-b427-df277f1979ef) Arts Council England · 24 May 2024 · open\_tender ### [GB-Manchester: ACE 547 STA Media Monitoring and Evaluation](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c99278fc-05c7-486e-8799-cdcdacc68960) Arts Council England · PRECISE MEDIA MONITORING LTD \(trading as Onclusive\) · £66,249 · 1 March 2023 · awarded ### [GB-Manchester: ACE 483 Media Contact Database](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-39e711b2-d76c-4ce6-8edc-90f06a20e549) Arts Council England · Cision Group Ltd · £22,200 · 28 February 2023 · awarded Page 2 of 12; 295 total records.