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# Creative Local Growth Fund Evaluation

Buyer: THE ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-13c86e58-e62c-418a-81de-b5a4daf0de75

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## Summary

The Arts Council England is conducting a tender for the "Creative Local Growth Fund Evaluation," which focuses on evaluating the impact of arts and culture on local economic growth. This initiative falls under the industry category of research services and aims to assess investments made through the Creative Local Growth Fund. The procurement process is currently in the Award stage, having been officially awarded to Nordicity on 29 March 2019. The evaluation contract runs from 4 April 2019, with a final report due by 30 June 2020, following an interim report expected in December 2019. The allocated budget for this evaluation is £31,785.

This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses involved in research services, particularly those specialising in cultural economics and evaluative research. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs) are particularly well-suited to compete for such contracts given the emphasis on collaborative approaches and partnership development within the evaluation framework. By leveraging experience in arts and culture impact assessments, these businesses can play a pivotal role in informing policy and practice while contributing to sustainable growth within the cultural sector.

## Notice

Arts and culture can contribute to local economic growth. Arts Council England wants to support this because it adds to the value that arts and culture have within local and national life and because it makes the sector more sustainable through demonstrating that value and by securing a basis for sector growth. We are working with Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) and key strategic bodies supporting local economies to create the Creative Local Growth Fund (CLGF). The fund seeks to put arts and culture at the heart of growth plans by: - securing long term partnership between LEPs, the Arts Council and other local partners to support the cultural sector; - helping to leverage European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIFs) - particularly the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) - investment within the LEP area into the cultural sector; and - investing in new approaches to achieve these objectives, while at the same time developing learning that can inform policy and practice. Arts Council England has invested a total of PS3.8m into the CLGF (with the total fund value of around PS8.6m with match funding) and funded 9 projects across large scale areas (e.g. county or greater city/metropolitan areas). Most projects have a three-year timescale running from April 2016 to March 2019, with a couple of projects due to finish in March 2020. Many projects have had a delayed start due to the result of the referendum on UK membership of the European Union. Arts Council England are commissioning an external evaluation of CLGF to assess the fund against the 3 main aims of the programme as mentioned above. We expect the evaluation to additionally explore whether the fund has: - Met its aims to deliver and support local economic priorities through arts & cultural investment - Established new partnerships locally and nationally We would also expect the evaluation to explore barriers to and support for change, observable differences between rural and urban places and lessons learnt about place-based investment and economic outcomes. An evaluation framework for the programme-level evaluation was developed in June 2018 and we expect the evaluator to respond to this framework in their approach. As two projects don't finish until March 2020, we are asking for an interim report in December 2019 and for the final report to be completed by June 2020. We would expect the interim findings to be a substantial part of the final report, with a focus on support for and barriers to change and learning about place-based investment.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/063e3bd5-b9dc-4038-9b09-d893c5462c24 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 May 2019 |
| Submission deadline | 4 Mar 2019 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 29 Mar 2019 |
| Contract period | 3 Apr 2019 - 30 Jun 2020 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £33,333 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £31,785 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | Central London |
| Postcode | WC1B 3HF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI36 Camden |
| Local authority | Camden |
| Electoral ward | Bloomsbury |
| Westminster constituency | Holborn and St Pancras |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | NORDICITY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73110000 - Research services

## Release History

- 17 May 2019 at 08:42 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/063e3bd5-b9dc-4038-9b09-d893c5462c24

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/063e3bd5-b9dc-4038-9b09-d893c5462c24
  17th May 2019 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/

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