AC-2025-54 Provision of Assessment Services for 2026 - Visual Arts - Artists' Awards
Details
- Buyer
- Arts Council
- Value
- €182,400
- Topic
- Administrative recreational, cultural and religious services
- Published
- 12 December 2025
- Submission
- 22 January 2026
- Source
- ie:e_tenders
Tender description
The Arts Council seeks tenders from suitably qualified Tenderers to supply and manage assessment services to the Arts Council for bursary-type awards including: • Visual Arts Bursary Award Round 1 2026 • Visual Arts Bursary Award Round 2 2026 • and provision for an additional bursary-type award in the calendar year The services sought are primarily to appraise and assess applications, ensure editorial oversight and moderation and provide an overview report with headlines and insights. Considering the volume and schedule of assessments, it is expected that multiple assessors will be required for the delivery of the services, and suitable assessors are to be provided by the successful Tenderer under this Contract.
Timeline
- Completed: Tender published12 December 2025Current notice
- Completed: Submission date22 January 2026
About the buyer
Arts Council is the Irish government agency for developing the arts, funding mainly artists and arts organisations. Some notices state that the procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement. Art form advisory and assessment services, such as literature, opera and touring, are tendered as separate contracts. Arts Council has run a joint procurement with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland on art and technology mapping. Reviews of procurement decisions go to the High Court of Ireland.
Over the past 5 years, most of Arts Council's contract awards have been in business services, research and development and software and information systems.
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@arts-council.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@arts-council.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@arts-council.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@arts-council.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@arts-council.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@arts-council.gov |
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