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About the buyer

The Department for Culture, Media & Sport is a ministerial department for culture, media, sport and civil society, buying directly and through a network of arm's-length bodies. Arm's-length bodies such as Arts Council England, the British Museum and Sport England run their own contracts and purchasing separately from the department. Suppliers register on the Atamis DCMS Supplier Portal to bid for tenders. Larger opportunities are advertised on Find a Tender, with Contracts Finder used for lower-value competitions. Central framework arrangements from the Crown Commercial Service are used wherever possible and cost-effective.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Department for Culture, Media & Sport's contract awards have been in research and development, business services and IT services.