Public sector buyers · United Kingdom
Public sector tenders and awarded contracts from The Arts Council of England, tracked by Skim across every UK and EU procurement portal.
- Live opportunities
- 2
- Awarded contracts
- 16
- Total awarded value
- £5,010,700,955
- Country
- United Kingdom
Procurement pipeline
18 published notices
- Live
- 211%
- Awarded
- 1689%
Find the key decision makers
The people who scope, score and sign contracts at The Arts Council of England — names, roles and how to reach them.
Showing 16 of 18 on this page. 2 live and 16 awarded in total.
Digital Development Partner
Won by Mphasis UK Limited
Awarded 31 August 2026
Digital Development Partner
Won by Mphasis UK Limited
Awarded 31 August 2026
Digital Development Partner
Won by Mphasis UK Limited
Awarded 31 August 2026
Project Management Consultancy Services
Won by Jackson Coles LLP
Awarded 12 August 2026
Evaluation of Cultural Development Fund
Won by Steer Davies & Gleave Limited
Awarded 4 August 2026
Payroll Bureau Services
Won by The Access Group
Awarded 16 June 2026
HR & Payroll SaaS system
Won by The Access Group
Awarded 8 June 2026
Provision of Offsite Backup for Critical data centre servers
Won by NG-IT Limited
Awarded 8 June 2026
Data Centre support and maintenance contract
Won by NG-IT Limited
Awarded 7 June 2026
English Libraries Insight platform - data transfer services
Won by Civica UK Ltd
Awarded 26 May 2026
ACE 1094 DAC - Media Copyright Licence
Won by NLA Media Access Ltd
Awarded 12 May 2026
ACE 1081 DCA Audience Agency Postcode Analysis
Won by The Audience Agency
Awarded 12 March 2026
ACE 1073 DAC - Let’s Create Peer Learning community networking hub
Won by Hivebrite UK Ltd
Awarded 18 February 2026
ACE 1074 DAC - Action Learning Sets for CPP Directors
Won by Action Learning Associates
Awarded 18 February 2026
Pay Premium Access subscription
Won by Kornferry UK Ltd
Awarded 6 January 2026
Provision of a Digital Social listening platform
Won by Runtime Collective Ltd
Awarded 28 May 2025
Procurement profile
What The Arts Council of England has awarded over the last five years, from 54 award notices.
Awarded value each year
In GBP, from awards with a published value
2022
0 awards
2023
0 awards
2024
0 awards
2025
36 awards
2026*
18 awards
Awards per year under each year. *2026 to date
Key figures
- Median contract value
- £36,995
- Last 3 years
- Typical contract length
- 11 months
- Median, last 3 years
- Suppliers used
- 47
- Last 3 years
- Awards to SMEs
- 74%
- As declared in notices
Top suppliers
By awarded value, last 3 years, framework panels excluded
- MPHASIS UK LIMITED£5bn
2 awards · 100% of value
- Access UK Ltd£194k
2 awards · 0% of value
- Espria Limited£171k
2 awards · 0% of value
- m-hance£109k
1 award · 0% of value
- MICHAEL PAGE INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENT LIMITED Trading as PageConsulting£97k
1 award · 0% of value
- Magellan Point Limited£96k
2 awards · 0% of value
- Michael Page International£94k
1 award · 0% of value
- The Audience Agency£84k
1 award · 0% of value
What they buy
Awards by CPV division, last 3 years
- IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support19
- Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security10
- Software package and information systems9
- Research and development services and related consultancy services8
- Education and training services2
- Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services2
How they buy
Procedure behind each award, last 3 years
- Direct award72%
- Limited competition19%
- Framework call-off4%
- Open procedure4%
- Not stated2%
When they award
Awards by calendar month, last 3 years. Busiest: March
| January | 2 |
|---|---|
| February | 4 |
| March | 8 |
| April | 2 |
| May | 8 |
| June | 6 |
| July | 7 |
| August | 8 |
| September | 3 |
| October | 4 |
| November | 2 |
| December | 0 |
Contracts ending in the next 12 months
5 contracts, worth £173,355
Soonest first, by recorded end date, not counting extension options
- English Libraries Insight platform - data transfer services
Ends 31 March 2027 · held by Civica UK Ltd · £20k
- ACE 1094 DAC - Media Copyright Licence
Ends 31 May 2027 · held by NLA Media Access Ltd · £63k
- Provision of a Digital Social listening platform
Ends 18 June 2027 · held by Runtime Collective Ltd · £22k
2 more contracts end by November 2027
Incumbent, value and end date for every contract The Arts Council of England has ending, with an alert when it starts re-procuring.
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