Environmental services

Tender description

Arts Council England (ACE) is seeking to support its grant holders and the wider arts and cultural sector to become more environmental sustainable. The contractor will be required to provide: a— an online service for ACE’s Grant Holders and the wider Arts and Cultural Sector which includes a carbon calculator tailored to the arts and cultural sector and sub-sectors, and b— support services to the arts and cultural sector and to ACE to meet the aims of the contract. This support may be provided in a number of methods, e.g. workshops, webinars, case studies, guides etc. Arts Council England (ACE) is seeking to support its grant holders and the wider arts and cultural Sector to become more environmental sustainable. The contractor will be required to provide: a— an online service for ACE’s Grant Holders and the wider arts and cultural sector which includes a carbon calculator tailored to the arts and cultural sector and sub-sectors, and b— support services to the arts and cultural sector and to ACE to meet the aims of the contract. This support may be provided in a number of methods, e.g. workshops, webinars, case studies, guides etc. The aims of the contract are to: a— facilitate and support grant holders to meet environmental sustainability requirements in their funding agreements, b— facilitate and support the arts and cultural sector to increase the degree to which environmental sustainability (see Part 4 - Definitions of the ITT) is embedded across those organisations’ outlook, approach, practice, activities, systems, strategy and development, c— reduce the environmental impact of the arts and cultural sector and demonstrate associated financial benefits, d— raise the profile of the gains the arts and cultural sector is making in the area of environmental sustainability in engaging with the services delivered under the Contract; and (e) support the operational delivery of ACE’s approach to supporting environmental sustainability in line with Goal 3 of its ten year strategic framework.