# 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: ACE 522 STA Research and Analysis into the relocation of the English National Opera](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-9ec5a8cd-8c05-4aa1-9469-de9693050cfd)

Arts Council England · CENTRE FOR ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS RESEARCH LIMITED \(CEBR\) · £22,667 · 10 May 2023 · awarded

### [GB-Manchester: ACE 511 Research to understand the levels of public investment in museums since 2015 and the associated impact](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-558f1aba-d1ab-4f5d-b020-83b0d35b0224)

Arts Council England · DC Research Ltd · £29,050 · 18 July 2023 · awarded

### [GB-Manchester: ACE 368 ITT Business Central Managed Services and Support](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-6c263258-7b2d-4694-bcd2-daf5600ec434)

Arts Council England · TOTAL ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS LIMITED · £120,601 · 18 March 2022 · awarded

### [Arts Access Scheme - Digital Membership System](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c3ad6a5e-5d30-4927-bd10-49fc7c282cb9)

Arts Council England · 15 August 2023 · open\_tender

### [GB-Manchester: ACE 540 STA Finance Interim Appointment](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-014c7f39-845e-42ca-aa0d-e7a2ce43f0e1)

Arts Council England · Morgan Law · £25,412 · 24 July 2023 · awarded

### [GB-Manchester: ACE 538 STA Global Talent Visa assessments](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d8406bcd-c0df-48d0-91da-a267b90ae614)

Arts Council England · Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television \(PACT\) · £55,026 · 29 March 2023 · awarded

### [GB-Manchester: ACE493 ITT Freelance Study of Cultural Workforce](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-07b76820-3d27-492f-a17b-e9f931ef6ba5)

Arts Council England · University of Essex · £99,583 · 10 May 2023 · awarded

### [GB-Manchester: ACE 494 CCS Arts Access Scheme Branding](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-049adbbc-2796-48f1-a9d3-32e3b38d56a0)

Arts Council England · Four Communications · £93,470 · 29 March 2023 · awarded

### [GB-Manchester: ACE 495 ITT Online Platform](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c2fe7d78-47b9-4909-b37e-858319736bff)

Arts Council England · HdK Assoicates · £99,725 · 28 March 2023 · awarded

### [GB-Manchester: ACE 516 ITT - Creativity Collaboratives Content Producer](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-89630b41-3511-4309-82e5-ec25a2b41b1d)

Arts Council England · Listen & Like Limited · £39,999 · 27 July 2023 · awarded

### [GB-Manchester: ACE 526 ITT - Consultancy Support for Creativity Collaboratives](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-f5a5c545-b8af-4b9b-a588-b73798d8cf4c)

Arts Council England · Abigail D'Amore Associates Ltd · £58,050 · 27 July 2023 · awarded

### [GB-Manchester: ACE 534 STA Managed Detection, Response & anti-virus software](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-98088e46-d071-487a-99ca-63d5c7b1d6d0)

Arts Council England · Espria · £96,000 · 4 July 2023 · awarded

### [GB-Manchester: ACE 536 STA VMware licence renewal](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-1316ea2d-0f8e-4b12-a06a-d76866aa5c6a)

Arts Council England · Espria · £42,498 · 4 July 2023 · awarded

### [GB-Manchester: ACE 505 STA Export Licencing software](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ccba5fc6-9cfe-49d7-9dd7-0ae5a03f1eb9)

Arts Council England · Granicus · £125,160 · 6 April 2023 · awarded

### [GB-Manchester: ACE 527 Circular Economy Network research project](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-93b8a5b4-22f5-4701-a7f8-ee3150660210)

Arts Council England · 6 July 2023 · open\_tender

### [GB-Manchester: ACE 508 STA Digital Community Networking Platform](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-cb5c42cc-1556-44a5-ba70-64ddf85c8d60)

Arts Council England · Hivebrite · £48,000 · 22 March 2023 · awarded

### [GB-Manchester: ACE 509 STA - Data Migration Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c51454fc-2860-4f80-9d8a-5b93ffc3ecce)

Arts Council England · Deltascheme Limited · £26,730 · 24 April 2023 · awarded

### [GB-Manchester: ACE 514 STA - Purchase of DR Servers and Switches](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-f3690b3c-ca12-40e5-a862-21735cbf5a4b)

Arts Council England · NG-IT · £37,800 · 12 April 2023 · awarded

### [GB-Manchester: ACE 515 STA Legal Service in regards Project Jubilee](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-4ac033ef-31e3-4348-99e9-5a20c2aa35e0)

Arts Council England · Gateley Legal · £117,600 · 27 April 2023 · awarded

### [GB-Manchester: ACE 518 STA - Supply & Installation of Acoustic Panelling](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c2bb9ac8-d221-4099-a7d7-e34a7c711abd)

Arts Council England · Resonics · £29,865 · 24 April 2023 · awarded

### [GB-Manchester: Anonymous HR Reporting System](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-1aeda7f9-fa3b-48fc-b658-0f8a59148dec)

Arts Council England · InChorus · £19,200 · 31 March 2023 · awarded

### [GB-Manchester: ACE 521 STA - Executive search for 1 x Area Director - focus on diversity](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-7e6f3bfb-ee6c-4bdc-9712-eb787bdf5a7c)

Arts Council England · Green Park Interim & Executive Limited · £20,000 · 24 April 2023 · awarded

### [GB-Manchester: ACE 467 STA - Refresh of Museums, Libraries and Archives 2010 Standard Charge Approach Guidance publications](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b5be4c94-fdda-4ae2-8a2f-d534e785ea02)

Arts Council England · Cultural Consulting Network and Professor Stephen Walker · £39,800 · 28 September 2022 · awarded

### [GB-Manchester: ACE 229 ITT Development and Support Services for Staff Intranet Solution](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e817cf71-a67d-42b0-be05-7866b271f9c3)

Arts Council England · Content\+Cloud Ltd · £190,000 · 30 April 2021 · awarded

### [GB-Manchester: ACE 523 STA Mimecast email filtering and scanning](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-93ddd022-6284-48e1-ab2c-e958e1393761)

Arts Council England · Espria Limited · £31,144 · 15 May 2023 · awarded

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