# PROCUREMENT OF A FRAMEWORK FOR BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS FOR ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANISATIONS\.

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [The Arts Council England](/buyers/the-arts-council-england/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Alchemy Research & Consultancy
- Award value: £375,000
- Tender value: £450,000
- Award date: 22 March 2019
- Published: 12 April 2019
- Contract start: 1 April 2019
- Contract end: 31 March 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: fd7d72cd-2296-4d24-a0a0-66d025d12b06-283538
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b470c0ba-027e-488e-a41c-9526dd38f2c2

## Description

The Arts Council England is now seeking to appoint suitably qualified service providers to a new framework Agreement to provide services to Arts Council on a call off basis during the period of 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2022, with an option to extend for a further 12-month period to 31 March 2023\. The Arts Council England wishes to set up a framework of suitable service providers \(a maximum of 20 service providers\) with expertise in a minimum of two of the following areas to support Arts Council's assessment, monitoring and decision-making across its grant programmes: - financial analysis and business plan appraisal of arts/cultural organisations - organisational change and development of arts/cultural organisations - knowledge and experience of the various governance models and structures used in the arts/cultural sector in both large and small organisations - knowledge and experience of a range of business models used in the arts/ cultural sector in both large and small organisations - knowledge and experience of specialist areas of work to support organisations to become more resilient, for example \(but not limited to\) retail and merchandising, HR, asset exploitation

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fd7d72cd-2296-4d24-a0a0-66d025d12b06-283538)