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title: "Measuring Growth and Productivity Impacts"
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# Measuring Growth and Productivity Impacts

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA & SPORT  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-bf31a084-0d7e-4ffa-94fb-52f27018f1cb

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## Summary

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport commissioned research and practical guidance on measuring how interventions affect growth and productivity in the creative, cultural and heritage sectors. The work concerns developing ways to assess the impact of programmes and interventions across these sectors, rather than delivering a sector-specific operational service. It is a research and consultancy service. The buying organisation is DCMS, and the delivery location is London. The requirement is relevant to firms with expertise in economic research, productivity analysis and evaluating public interventions in creative, cultural or heritage industries.

The procurement is complete and was awarded to Frontier Economics Ltd. The award date was 7 January 2026. The contract runs from 6 October 2025 to 31 March 2026, with an awarded value of £247,725. DCMS used a selective route, making a call-off from a framework agreement. The response deadline was 5 September 2025. The published procurement information identifies the overall research and guidance requirement but does not set out specific evaluation weightings or detailed selection thresholds. Small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises were considered suitable for this opportunity.

This award demonstrates demand from DCMS for specialist evidence and guidance to assess the economic effects of interventions across creative, cultural and heritage sectors. Frontier Economics Ltd, a small and medium-sized supplier, was selected, showing that the requirement was delivered by a specialist consultancy rather than requiring a large-scale operational contractor. A credible competitor when this requirement returns would need strong economic research and productivity-analysis capability, and the ability to turn findings into clear, usable guidance for public-sector decision-makers. Experience evaluating interventions in the relevant sectors would help suppliers address the subject matter directly. As the procurement was a framework call-off, suppliers seeking comparable work with this buyer would also need to be positioned to compete through the relevant framework route.

## Notice

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) requires a supplier to provide research and guidance for measuring the growth and productivity impacts of interventions within creative, cultural and heritage sectors.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ba926faa-dc41-437e-b33a-293f6168d671 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 13 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 7 Jan 2026 |
| Contract period | 6 Oct 2025 - 31 Mar 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £247,725 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £247,725 |
| 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 | DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA & SPORT |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1A 2BQ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | FRONTIER ECONOMICS LIMITED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

## Release History

- 13 Oct 2026 at 16:32 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ba926faa-dc41-437e-b33a-293f6168d671

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ba926faa-dc41-437e-b33a-293f6168d671
  13th October 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Provenance

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