The Arts Council tenders
Live opportunities and awarded contracts from The Arts Council, aggregated from 600+ UK procurement sources and updated daily.
The Arts Council currently has 2 live tenders open to suppliers. We hold 179 published contract awards from this buyer, so you can see who has won its work before, where the buyer named a supplier. It buys most often in Cultural & Recreation, Research & Consultancy and IT & Software. Set up a free alert to be told the next time it publishes something that matches what you do.
What The Arts Council buys
Procurement activity
The Arts Council procurement over time
Monthly procurement notice count from this buyer (opportunity notices only, awards excluded). Seasonality is typical: many buyers pause tendering activity in August and December.
Live The Arts Council tenders
AC-2026-51 Provision of Film Advisor and Assessment Services
DPS for Artform Support Services
Recent awards by The Arts Council
- BDO6 Feb 2026
Provision of Internal Audit Services
- Alan Mee Architects Ltd.€120,0006 Nov 2025
Architecture Advisory Services
- Adam O'Keeffe€150,0006 Nov 2025
Circus, Street Arts and Spectacle Assessment and Advisory Services
- LynchDSL€192,7006 Nov 2025
Festivals Assessment, Evaluation and Advisory Services (Connacht and Munster)
- Declan Hughes€320,0002 Oct 2025
LITERATURE (ENGLISH LANGUAGE) ASSESSMENT AND ADVISORY SERVICES (V2)
- John O'Brien Consultant€282,1122 Oct 2025
Provision of Arts Centre Assessment and Advisory Services
Contracts expiring at The Arts Council
Current contracts approaching expiry — likely to be re-tendered. Upgrade to Business to see the predicted re-tender date and track them on your pipeline.
- AC-2025-54 Provision of Assessment Services for 2026 - Visual Arts - Artists' Awards (Negotiated Procedure)€182,400expires 28 Jan 2028Incumbent not recorded · retender date (Business)
- Provision of Arts Participation Assessment and Advisory Services€261,000expires 28 Feb 2028Incumbent not recorded · retender date (Business)
- Provision of Support Assessment Services for Children and Young People’s Arts€60,000expires 3 Mar 2028Incumbent not recorded · retender date (Business)
- AC-2026-31 CFT Creative Associate Services for Schools in Alternative Settings€117,000expires 20 May 2028Incumbent not recorded · retender date (Business)
- Provision of a HR Time and Attendance SaaS (Software as a service) to the Arts Council€60,000expires 12 Jul 2028Incumbent not recorded · retender date (Business)
- HR/People Operations SaaS (Software as a service) to the Arts Council€80,000expires 12 Jul 2028Incumbent not recorded · retender date (Business)
- Festivals Assessment, Evaluation and Advisory Services (Leinster and Ulster)€192,700expires 22 Jul 2028Incumbent not recorded · retender date (Business)
- Provision of Creative Places Advisory Services€120,000expires 2 Sept 2028Incumbent: Sinead Dowling · retender date (Business)
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About The Arts Council procurement
The Arts Council is a local authority that publishes procurement notices through the UK public tender system. TenderSignal monitors The Arts Council's contract notices, framework agreements, and open competitions across 600+ procurement portals and data sources, giving suppliers a single place to track the opportunities they publish. In total, we have recorded 276 procurement notices from The Arts Council, including 179 awarded contracts. They issued 27 new notices in the past 12 months, with 2 tenders currently open for bids.
What The Arts Council procures
The Arts Council's procurement activity covers Cultural & Recreation, Research & Consultancy, IT & Software and several other categories. Suppliers in these markets will find a mix of invitations to tender (ITTs), requests for proposals (RFPs), restricted procedures, and framework call-off opportunities in the notices published. Reviewing the awarded contract history is a useful way to gauge typical spend levels and identify incumbent suppliers before deciding whether to bid.
How to find The Arts Council tenders
TenderSignal aggregates The Arts Council's tender opportunities continuously, surfacing new contract notices as soon as they are published. Their sourcing activity spans Ireland, IE061, IE0, IE and other areas. Suppliers can register for a free account to receive weekly alerts for new opportunities from The Arts Council and similar buyers, or daily on Pro. Pro subscribers also receive AI-scored relevance ratings, buyer contacts on hard-to-find tenders, and full access to the awarded contract history, making it straightforward to research the competition and assess which public procurement opportunities are worth pursuing.
The Arts Council tenders: frequently asked questions
How do I find The Arts Council tenders?
Every The Arts Council notice we collect is listed on this page, gathered from the portals it publishes on. You can also set a free alert and be emailed when it publishes something new.
Does The Arts Council have any contracts open now?
Yes. The Arts Council has 2 live tenders accepting responses, listed above with their deadlines.
Who wins The Arts Council contracts?
The awards on this page name the winning supplier where the buyer published it, along with the contract value and dates, so you can see who you would be bidding against.