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GB-Manchester: ACE 525 ITT - "All In" Arts Access Scheme - Development of Standards and Accreditation Plan

ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND

  • Contract Timeline

    Publication Date

    24th December 2024 14:55:03 PM

  • Contract Summary

    As part of the development of a UK-wide Access Scheme (All In) Arts Council England is seeking to develop of a set of national access standards and accreditation plan. The overall aim of All In is improve D/deaf, Disabled, and Neurodivergent audience members' experience of creative and cultural organisations by successfully developing, incubating, and piloting a UK-wide, disability-led, digital membership scheme. All In will be free for customers at the point of use and include Sector backed Standards and Accreditation (this ITT) for venues, training and support for the sector, listings, and a route to online booking and companion ticket offer. It will also provide audience insights for partners and participating venues. The other elements of All In are being procured separately. All In has been commissioned by a Partnership comprising ACE, Arts Council Northern Ireland (ACNI), Arts Council Wales (ACW), the British Film Institute (BFI), and Creative Scotland (CS). Arts Council England adopts the Social Model of Disability, which recognises that it is the social, procedural and attitudinal barriers which disable people. The intention of this part of All In is to produce a Standards framework containing existing standards including 1, Built Environment (British Standards Institute BS 8300-2:2018), 2. Digital and Communications (W3C: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) as well as encouraging the development of standards in 3. Customer Service and 4. Commissioning, Events and Programming. Following extensive discovery work in these four areas and having undertaken market engagement with potential providers we have developed and refined our scope of requirements and provided an extended tendering period. We are open to the above services either being procured from a single supplier or a consortium. Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

  • Contract Details

    Open Contracting ID

    ocds-b5fd17-4e172f9c-422e-4789-a8fc-ca7626a132ec

    Publication Source

    Contracts Finder

    Procurement Stage

    Award

    Procurement Method

    Open

    Procurement Method Details

    Open Procedure

    Procurement Category

    Services

    Tender Suitability

    SME VCSE

    Framework / DPS

  • Contract Classification

    CPV Code(s)

    79130000

    CPV Division(s)

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

  • Awarding Authority

    ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND

    Buyer Name

    Tim Wheeler

    Buyer Email

    Procurement.Services@artscouncil.org.uk

    Buyer Phone

    +441619344317

    Buyer Address

    The Hive, 49 Lever Street

    Manchester

    M1 1FN

    UK

  • Awarded Supplier(s)

    Supplier Name(s)

    ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING

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