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# ACE 1003 ITT - Touring Research 2025/26

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ace-1003-itt-touring-research-2025-26-ocds-h6vhtk-05248e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Arts Council of England: "ACE 1003 ITT - Touring Research 2025/26". Published status: complete. Published Value: £50,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 18 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.delta-esourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The Arts Council of England](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-arts-council-of-england-coh-rc000742)
- **Published Value:** £50,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 18 June 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £46,500 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ace-1003-itt-touring-research-2025-26-ocds-h6vhtk-05248e#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05248e`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ace-1003-itt-touring-research-2025-26-ocds-h6vhtk-05248e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delta-esourcing.com%2Frespond%2FW6JU847KX8)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ace-1003-itt-touring-research-2025-26-ocds-h6vhtk-05248e#participate

## Description
ACE 1003 ITT - Touring Research 2025/26 ACE is seeking to gain a deeper understanding of the current landscape of the theatre, dance, music and combined arts touring sectors and ecologies, and how these have evolved since the Covid-19 pandemic. The specific focus of this study is the Touring of theatre, dance, music, and combined arts activities to indoor venues with a capacity of 150 or below, rural, outdoor work, site specific work and touring to community spaces, as well as by geography and artform, including genre.
To view this notice, please click here: 
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=994292149

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73110000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £50,000

- **Contract Period:** 15/09/2025 to 30/04/2026

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **World Pencil Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-154957`
  - Value: £46,500 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 16/07/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £46,500
  - Signed Date: 09/09/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F026978-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-11-13T19:05:24.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T04:08:24.160Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05248e