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Consultancy Services - Creative Industries Evidence Review and Action Plan

FALMOUTH EXETER PLUS

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16 Feb 2024 at 11:14

Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process for a recent award is for Consultancy Services in the Creative Industries sector. The buying organization, Falmouth Exeter Plus, based in Penryn, Cornwall, issued the tender. The tender, titled "Consultancy Services - Creative Industries Evidence Review and Action Plan," had a value of £15,000 and was classified under Evaluation consultancy services. The procurement method was an open procedure, with a tender period ending on 2nd June 2023 and a contract period starting on 19th June 2023, lasting until 19th September 2023. The award was made to The Audience Agency.

This contract presents an opportunity for businesses specializing in consultancy services for the creative industries sector. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise organizations (VCSEs) are suitable to compete. The consultancy work involves data review, consultation, comparator area review, and action plan development aimed at supporting economic growth in Cornwall's creative and cultural sectors. Businesses with expertise in research, planning, and strategy implementation in the creative industries would find this tender well-suited for business growth.

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Notice Title

Consultancy Services - Creative Industries Evidence Review and Action Plan

Notice Description

The CIoS Local Enterprise Partnership's Creative Industry Sector Body , is seeking the services of a consultant to undertake this work, which includes the following three phases: * Phase 1: Data review To identify the baseline data. This will include the identification of the existing infrastructure and latest available evidence on the size and scale of the creative and cultural sectors in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly and to conduct a desk-based review of recently commissioned reports and their recommendations for action. * Phase 2: Consultation and comparator area review To undertake a light-touch consultation exercise with local civic leaders, businesses and organisations operating in the creative and cultural sectors and to provide a high-level review of comparator areas. This will include, where possible, an assessment of how other universities have maximised their role as local anchor institutions, rooted in the local community, to support creative and cultural sector businesses in their regions. * Phase 3: Action plan To work with the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly's Creative Industries Sector Body to develop an Action Plan that clearly sets out an ambitious pathway to sustainable economic growth for Cornwall's creative and cultural sectors. The Action Plan will provide the Creative Industry Sector Body with a call to action and route to achieving greater opportunity, access, infrastructure, and investment in our cultural and creative industries. It will support Falmouth University and the University of Exeter to use their world-leading research in creative disciplines to generate impact with creative and cultural industry businesses and drive the resulting social, economic, and environmental benefits. The Action Plan will also be used as a framework to influence future local and national Government decision and policy making on what rural, semi-rural and coastal areas, like Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, need to increase resilience and maxim

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
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Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/420fcd44-31db-4f83-b67f-925a9fc4cde6
Current Stage
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All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security


CPV Codes

79419000 - Evaluation consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£15,000 Under £100K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£15,000 Under £100K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
16 Feb 20242 years ago
Submission Deadline
2 Jun 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
19 Jun 20232 years ago
Contract Period
18 Jun 2023 - 19 Sep 2023 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
FALMOUTH EXETER PLUS
Contact Name
Elisia Irving
Contact Email
procurement@fxplus.ac.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
PENRYN, CORNWALL
Postcode
TR10 9FE
Post Town
Truro
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK30 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Delivery Location
TLK South West (England)

Local Authority
Cornwall
Electoral Ward
Constantine, Mabe & Mawnan
Westminster Constituency
Camborne and Redruth

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

THE AUDIENCE AGENCY

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