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title: "Ambition for Excellence Evaluation"
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# Ambition for Excellence Evaluation

Buyer: THE ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-65b828b1-4776-431b-a39e-f77443232fa3

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## Summary

The Arts Council England is seeking proposals for the "Ambition for Excellence Evaluation" to assess the impact and legacy of its Ambition for Excellence programme, which supports significant projects in the arts sector across England. This procurement is classified under Research and Development Services, with a budget of £41,666. The procurement method employed is an open procedure, and the evaluation contract period is set from 6th March 2020 to 31st October 2020. Although the tender period concluded on 14th February 2020, the award for this contract has been successfully completed.

This tender presents excellent opportunities for businesses specialising in research, evaluation, and consultancy within the arts and cultural sectors. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary community sector enterprises (VCSEs) are particularly well-suited to compete, given the emphasis on innovative and impactful practices in arts and cultural evaluation. With a focus on creative and artistic development, businesses that can demonstrate a robust methodology for evaluating cultural initiatives will be best positioned to benefit from this contract and contribute to the future strategies of the Arts Council England.

## Notice

Ambition for Excellence focuses on stimulating and supporting significant ambition and excellence across the arts sector in England. The fund opened in May 2015 and Arts Council invested PS36m into the programme funding 68 projects. The last awards were made at the end of February 2018 and projects run for no longer than 3-years in length with all activity due to end no later than April 2021. The Ambition for Excellence programme aims to: - contribute to the development of strong cultural places - grow and develop talent and leadership in the regions and across artforms - give an international dimension to excellent work - create the highest quality new work, including for outdoor and festival contexts Ambition for Excellence focuses on funding large scale practice(s) and/or projects for creative and artistic development opportunities that will support a step change in practice within and beyond the organisations funded. Arts Council England requires a programme-level evaluation of Ambition for Excellence to understand the impact, legacy successes and challenges for the programme. The evaluation should bring together secondary and primary research providing a programme-level evidence of the programme's contribution and impact against the over-arching programme aims. We would like the evaluation to highlight key findings and learnings that can be shared more widely within the sector and inform future investment funds relating to this area of work and review the delivery of the programme by Arts Council. The evaluation should additionally, bear in mind what contribution, nuance and understanding these learnings can provide for ACE into its next 10 Year Strategy.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/590b6cb5-4734-4fd4-bfb7-c03cc113ffd3 |
| 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 | 6 Apr 2020 |
| Submission deadline | 14 Feb 2020 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 3 Mar 2020 |
| Contract period | 6 Mar 2020 - 31 Oct 2020 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £41,666 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £38,787 |
| 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 | APPLIED MARKET SOLUTIONS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

## Release History

- 6 Apr 2020 at 14:31 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/590b6cb5-4734-4fd4-bfb7-c03cc113ffd3

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/590b6cb5-4734-4fd4-bfb7-c03cc113ffd3
  6th April 2020 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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