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title: "ALB Reform Consultancy"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e596"
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buyer: "Department for Culture, Media and Sport"
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# ALB Reform Consultancy

Buyer: Department for Culture, Media and Sport  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e596

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## Summary

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport procured consultancy services to support its Arm’s Length Bodies Reform programme. The work reviewed how DCMS supports its arm’s-length bodies, with the strategic aims of ensuring an appropriate level of ministerial oversight, improving delivery of outcomes, and making citizen experience and access to DCMS-funded services better. It also considered potential inefficiencies, including duplication in processes and activities. This is a central government advisory and business consultancy requirement, classified under business services covering consultancy, law, marketing, recruitment, printing and security. The work is for DCMS and its network of arm’s-length bodies, with the buying organisation based in London.

The procurement has completed and the contract was awarded to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. It used a below-threshold limited competition under the limited procurement method, with one completed lot. The award is active. The contract was signed and began on 7 January 2026, runs until 30 March 2026, and is active. Its value is £47,000 excluding VAT and £56,400 including VAT. The award date is recorded as 7 January 2026. The requirement was evaluated through the limited competition process. The selected supplier is a large organisation. This outcome shows that DCMS chose an established consultancy provider for a short, focused review of arm’s-length body support, reform opportunities, oversight and service delivery.

For suppliers that did not win this contract, the requirement demonstrates demand from DCMS for specialist public-sector reform consultancy focused on arm’s-length bodies. A credible competitor for a future requirement of this kind would need to assess governance and ministerial oversight, identify opportunities to improve outcomes and citizen access, and diagnose operational inefficiency such as duplicated processes and activities. Relevant capability would include strategic review, operating-model or organisational analysis, evidence-based recommendations and the ability to work across a government department and its arm’s-length body network. Experience of central government policy, public services and stakeholder engagement would help a supplier demonstrate that it can turn a broad reform agenda into practical improvements for delivery and users.

## Notice

As part of the government's wider Public Bodies Reform agenda, DCMS is looking at how it supports its Arm's Length Bodies (ALBs). The strategic aims of this review are to ensure the right level of Ministerial oversight is in place that optimises delivery of outcomes, consider how to improve citizen experience and access to DCMS-funded services and also identify and consider improvements to any areas that may display inefficiencies including, for example, duplication in processes and activities.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078097-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - limited competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 7 Jan 2026 |
| Contract period | 7 Jan 2026 - 30 Mar 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £47,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Department for Culture, Media and 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 | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

## Release History

- 17 Aug 2026 at 12:45 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078097-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078097-2026
  17th August 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.dcms.gov.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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