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Published 11 Sept 2026, 16:38 BST
Official UK Procurement Procedure
Evaluation of Cultural Development Fund
Local Council
Below threshold - unknown
No classification published
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline
Open opportunity
Lots published
1
Contract duration
Below threshold - unknown
Electronic Sourcing Gateway:
Published portal
What is being bought & procurement scope
Procurement Scope & Specification
Executive Summary: The Arts Council of England: "Evaluation of Cultural Development Fund". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Official Requirement Description:
Arts Council England is seeking a Contractor to deliver a rolling programme evaluation of the Cultural Development
Fund (CDF). The core aim of the evaluation is to deliver a proportionate, theory-based rolling evaluation that
consolidates and builds on existing evidence across all rounds of CDF and strengthens ongoing monitoring
demonstrating the extent to which the economic and social outcomes of CDF have been achieved at a programme
level. This will be important to tell the story of impact to key stakeholders including DCMS, the cultural sector and
wider Government department
Lots and requirements (1)
Procurement Structure
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedcompletePublished valueNot publishedThe source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract period:Not publishedEligibility:Not published
Qualification snapshot & criteria
Go / No-Go Decision Box
Evaluation weighting
Award criteria weighting not published in structured data — consult the tender pack documents.
Incumbent & Market Position
Top Retained Vendor (Authority Spend)This Named Company Ltd trading as The Card NetworkHolds 48% of historical attributable spend
Moderate ConcentrationEntry requirements & qualification
Turnover Benchmark
Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)
Accreditations & Security Vetting
Published track record for The Arts Council of England. These figures describe a rolling 24-month window, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Avg price drop
Not availableEarly / insufficient sample
Competition Density
2.5Bids / Report (median)
Supplier Concentration
Published spend
£856,366Historical spend
Typical award value
£33,313Robust (n=11)
Awarded spend by half-year
2024-H2
2025-H1
2025-H2
2026-H1
2026-H2
Methodology & coverage notes (12 active published awards)
Coverage: 12 active published awards; 2 bid reports (which may be per lot); 11 valued awards. Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Every figure carries an evidence level: Robust (5+ observations), Moderate (3–4), Indicative (1–2). Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 79):
Supplier Name | Historic Awards | Attributable Value | Avg. Price Discount |
|---|---|---|---|
| This Named Company Ltd trading as The Card Network | 1 win | £411,464 | No published budget |
| Michael Page International | 1 win | £94,200 | No published budget |
| ACCESS UK LTD | 1 win | £94,036 | No published budget |
| Steer Davies & Gleave Limited | 1 win | £69,054 | No published budget |
| Hivebrite UK Ltd | 1 win | £43,161 | No published budget |
Sector Market Benchmark & Opportunity Radar
CPV 79 · UK Sector Analysis
Observed CPV-sector evidence
Prepared 11 Sept 2026, 18:18 BST
Observed CPV-sector evidence where it exists, with clearly labelled UK all-sector context for sparse fields; this is market context, not a bid forecast.
Median Winning Discount
0%
Typical Bids Received
4reported bids
Decision Velocity
~53 days
Notice Stability
Stable notice
Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 79)
Supplier | Awards won | Total awarded value | Avg. winning discount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 contracts | £2,130,800,000 | At ceiling / not disclosed | |
AEG Presents LtdCRN: 05452230 | 4 contracts | £1,821,410,000 | At ceiling / not disclosed |
G4S Secure Solutions (UK) LimitedCRN: PJBT-8824-DVPN | 20 contracts | £1,771,034,988 | At ceiling / not disclosed |
CAPITA BUSINESS SERVICES LTDCRN: PNHC-7682-GPTQ | 43 contracts | £1,663,420,230 | At ceiling / not disclosed |
Mitie FM LimitedCRN: 03253304 | 21 contracts | £1,615,574,417 | At ceiling / not disclosed |
Serco LimitedCRN: PMNV-5613-PQMY | 70 contracts | £1,459,372,669 | At ceiling / not disclosed |
MAXIMUS UK SERVICES LIMITEDCRN: 09072343 | 14 contracts | £1,440,209,445 | At ceiling / not disclosed |
| 20 contracts | £1,425,267,134 | At ceiling / not disclosed | |
Reed in PartnershipCRN: 833053062 | 13 contracts | £1,360,521,860 | At ceiling / not disclosed |
Sports and Leisure Management Ltd (SLM)CRN: 48549690 | 10 contracts | £1,259,644,132 | -12% below budget |
Comparable Published Opportunities & Re-tender Precedents
Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They serve as research precedents for contract scoping, specifications, and previous awardees.
No sufficiently evidenced comparable record has been calculated yet.Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Empirical OCDS facts and cross-sector percentiles; missing fields remain unrecorded.
Procedure terms & legal framework
| Procedure method | Below threshold - unknown | Legal basis | UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023 | Procurement category | Services |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notice status | complete | Procurement threshold | Sub-threshold | Regulatory regime | Standard commercial regime |
| Commercial structure | Stand-alone contract (No framework) | Competition type | Competitive procedure | GPA WTO covered | Unspecified in notice |
| Recurring procurement | No (One-off requirement) | First published | 11 Sept 2026, 16:38 BST | Last source update | 11 Sept 2026, 16:38 BST |
| Classification (CPV) | Unspecified in notice | ||||
| Delivery area | Location not published | ||||
| Official Registry OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-06f89a | ||||
Timeline
- Procedure published
11 Sept 2026, 16:38 BST - Award active
Not published · Not published - Contract active
Signed 5 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST · £69,054
Commercial outcome and contract awards
Awards (1) Steer Davies & Gleave Limited Not published · Not published · active · lots 1 |
Contracts (1) Contract £69,054 · signed 5 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST · active Contract period: 6 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST — 31 Mar 2029, 23:59 BST |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Notice history
From official release and amendment events
- Official notice release published
11 Sept 2026, 16:38 BST
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
1 participating organisation
The Arts Council of England
Contracting authority
Local Council
Official Documents & Specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
- 11 Sept 2026, 16:38 BST