--- title: "Consultancy Services - Creative Industries Evidence Review and Action Plan" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-36c0ceb9-b9bd-4e90-9869-83f85e79210f" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-36c0ceb9-b9bd-4e90-9869-83f85e79210f" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-36c0ceb9-b9bd-4e90-9869-83f85e79210f.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-36c0ceb9-b9bd-4e90-9869-83f85e79210f.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "FALMOUTH EXETER PLUS" published: "2024-02-16" --- # Consultancy Services - Creative Industries Evidence Review and Action Plan Buyer: FALMOUTH EXETER PLUS Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-36c0ceb9-b9bd-4e90-9869-83f85e79210f [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-36c0ceb9-b9bd-4e90-9869-83f85e79210f) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-36c0ceb9-b9bd-4e90-9869-83f85e79210f.json) ## Summary 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. ## Notice 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 ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/420fcd44-31db-4f83-b67f-925a9fc4cde6 | | 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 | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 16 Feb 2024 | | Submission deadline | 2 Jun 2023 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 19 Jun 2023 | | Contract period | 18 Jun 2023 - 19 Sep 2023 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £15,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £15,000 | | 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 | FALMOUTH EXETER PLUS | | Locality | PENRYN, CORNWALL | | Post town | Truro | | Postcode | TR10 9FE | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | | ITL 3 | TLK30 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | | Local authority | Cornwall | | Electoral ward | Constantine, Mabe & Mawnan | | Westminster constituency | Camborne and Redruth | | Delivery location | TLK South West (England) | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | THE AUDIENCE AGENCY | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 79419000 - Evaluation consultancy services ## Release History - 16 Feb 2024 at 11:14 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/420fcd44-31db-4f83-b67f-925a9fc4cde6 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/420fcd44-31db-4f83-b67f-925a9fc4cde6 16th February 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder - https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=67277&B=FXPLUS Additional data - https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/105170 User / Company ## Notice URLs - https://fxplus.ac.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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