Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
The Arts Council of England
The Hive, 49 Lever Street
Manchester
M1 1FN
Contact
Procurement Services
Procurement.Services@artscouncil.org.uk
Telephone
+44 1619344317
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Access Scheme Standards, Training and Support
Reference number
ACE 525 ITT
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79130000 - Legal documentation and certification services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The commissioning of a set of national access standards focused on improving the user experience of D/deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent people when attending arts and cultural events. To support the adoption of these standards we will also be providing assessment tools, quality assurance, training and support. The intention is to produce a Standards framework containing existing standards including 1, Built Environment (BS5000), 2. Digital and Communications (W3C) as well as encouraging the development of standards in 3. Customer Service and 4. Commissioning, Events and Programming. We have undertaken some discovery work in the four areas and identified gaps. We don’t have a particular approach in mind and are open to the above services either being procured from separate suppliers, a consortium, or a single multi-disciplined supplier. We would welcome the opportunity to talk with a supplier or suppliers about how the Standards Framework can be developed and implemented along with trai
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2023/S 000-019213
Section seven. Changes
seven.1) Information to be changed or added
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number
II.1
Place of text to be modified
ii.1.4 Short Description
Instead of
Text
1, Built Environment (BS5000),
Read
Text
1, Built Environment (BS83000),
seven.2) Other additional information
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