Leeds Culture Strategy Renewal

Buyer
Leeds City Council
Value
£50,000
Closes
3 January 2027
Where
Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber
Type
Open tender

In plain English

Leeds City Council wants to hire a consultant, or a consultancy team, to write a new city-wide Leeds Culture Strategy covering 2027 to 2037. The contract is worth up to £50,000 and is funded partly by Arts Council England and Culture Consortium Leeds. The strategy will set out a shared ten-year plan for how culture can support Leeds's economy, health, communities and international profile.

What the buyer wants

• Review existing strategies, research, cultural assets and data, then engage communities, cultural organisations, businesses, partners and residents across Leeds to co-produce the strategy. • Develop the draft strategy, including a vision, priorities and an outcomes framework, then consult on it and refine it. • Deliver the final Culture Strategy, a delivery plan, a monitoring and evaluation framework, and governance recommendations. Tenders must be submitted electronically.

Requirements

What could rule a small business out: The notice does not set out any specific requirement that would rule out a small business, but the scope is substantial for a £50,000 budget, as it requires city-wide stakeholder engagement, co-production and public consultation over a full strategy cycle, so bidders will need enough capacity to deliver all of these stages.

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How to bid

This is an open tender: any eligible business can respond directly to the buyer by the deadline, with no framework membership needed.

Where to apply

The notice doesn't say where to apply. Leeds City Council uses Jaggaer for its other tenders, so start there: make a free account, then search for this tender's title.

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