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GB-Manchester: ACE 688 CCS - Interim Grant Management System
Authority: The Arts Council of England
CPV: Software package and information systems (48000000)
Published contract value£675,000Exc. VAT
Contract ends 27 Sept 2028
Awarded to Granicus Firmstep Limited
Contract starts 28 Sept 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of grant management software and associated development, maintenance and support services
Additional information: Call off contract under Crown Commercial Services Framework RM6285 Back Office Software 2 for 12 months with two options to extend the contract each for up to 12 months. Maximum potential contract term is 3 years.
Published procurement details
- Framework cited in notice
- Back Office Software 2 · RM6285
- Procedure
- Not specified
- Buyer reference
- BIP989621597
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- No
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- No
- Tender deadline
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- British Oversea Territories; Channel Islands; Europe; Isle of Man; Rest of the World; United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Award decision23 Sept 2025
- Contract starts28 Sept 2025
- Notice published24 Oct 2025
- Contract ends27 Sept 2028
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- The Arts Council of EnglandContracting authority
Suppliers named on the notice
- Granicus Firmstep LimitedSupplier
- Business size
- Large
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-cb91d782-156c-4d2c-b35d-027c8867a014-2025-10-24T16:10:04+01:00
- Published
- 24 Oct 2025
- Latest update
- 24 Oct 2025
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-cb91d782-156c-4d2c-b35d-027c8867a014
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-cb91d782-156c-4d2c-b35d-027c8867a014-1