Financial consultancy services

Tender description

Arts Council England is seeking to appoint suitably qualified service providers to a new Framework Agreement (a maximum of 20 service providers) with expertise in a minimum of 2 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. 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 1.4.2019 to 31.3.2022, with an option to extend for a further 12-month period to 31.3.2023. 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 2 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. Service Providers on the Framework would be expected to provide a written report on their findings.