Arts Council of Wales: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
GOV.UK register: Other·Central government·Wales (Cymru)·Cardiff
Official UK PPONPLCD-3446-ZCPD
What they buyi
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Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
73 Research and development services2 procedures · 40%79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting1 procedure · 20%How they buyi
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Last 24 months · 5 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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Contract100%(5 notices)
5 of 5 notices are Contract (100%).
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Direct award60%(3 notices)
3 of 5 notices are Direct award (60%).Open40%(2 notices)
2 of 5 notices are Open (40%).
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Based on 2 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months. Fewer than 5 lots: a median, not a typical figure.
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Based on 5 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Based on 2 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.
Who wins herei
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All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| THE ORCHARD MEDIA & EVENTS GROUP LIMITED | 1 | 14.3% | 1 | 1 | — |
| Counterculture Partnership LLP | 1 | 14.3% | 1 | 1 | 14 Jul 2026 |
| RECORDPOINT SOFTWARE (EMEA) LTD | 1 | 14.3% | 1 | 1 | — |
| Art Events SRL | 1 | 14.3% | 1 | 1 | — |
| ButCH | 1 | 14.3% | 1 | 1 | 13 Aug 2025 |
| Santander UK plc | 1 | 14.3% | 0 | 1 | — |
| TIAA Ltd | 1 | 14.3% | 0 | 1 | — |
7 awarded procedures across 7 suppliers: too few to describe concentration.
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Largest published awards i | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Exhibition Services - Wales in Venice 2026 | Art Events SRL | — | 1.2 yrs | £113,300 † ≈ £97k/yr |
| UEFA 2025 cultural wrap around programme | THE ORCHARD MEDIA & EVENTS GROUP LIMITED | — | 5 mo | £61,000 † |
| RecordPoint - Records365 licensing contract 36 months | RECORDPOINT SOFTWARE (EMEA) LTD | — | 3.2 yrs | £43,257 † ≈ £14k/yr |
| Research into the Business and Operational Needs of the Arts Sector in Wales | Counterculture Partnership LLP | 14 Jul 2026 | 1 mo | £29,938 |
| Climate Justice and Nature Connection Consortium - Scoping Exercise | ButCH | 13 Aug 2025 | 7 mo | £16,000 |
Contracts endingi
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5 of 5 contracts carry an end date, 2 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Exhibition Services - Wales in Venice 2026 | Art Events SRL | 7 Dec 2026 | £113,300 |
| Online Banking Services / Gwasanaethau Bancio Ar-lein | Santander UK plc | 1 Jan 2027 estimated | £25,513 |
Recent procedures
Latest 7 of 7 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Contract Award Notice - Research into the Business and Operational Needs of the Arts Sector in WalesBusiness services: law | Awarded / complete | 14 Jul 2026 | £30,000 |
| UEFA 2025 cultural wrap around programme | Awarded / complete | 23 Apr 2026 | — |
| RecordPoint - Records365 licensing contract 36 months | Awarded / complete | 3 Mar 2026 | — |
| Exhibition Services - Wales in Venice 2026 | Awarded / complete | 23 Oct 2025 | — |
| Climate Justice and Nature Connection Consortium - Scoping ExerciseResearch and development consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 15 Aug 2025 | £16,000 |
| Internal Audit ServicesInternal audit services | Awarded / complete | 8 Feb 2022 | £150,000 |
| Online Banking Services / Gwasanaethau Bancio Ar-leinBanking services | Awarded / complete | 28 Jan 2022 | — |
About this data
- One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
- Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
- Contract end dates. 5 of 5 published contracts have an end date; 2 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar. Published values in that list come from either source; Contracts Finder figures are shown as published and stay out of this profile’s money totals.
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.