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British Council

Find a Tender identifier: GB-PPON-PHTN-1551-GCQH · London, UKI41, GB

Procurement processes324
Open opportunities17
Awarded procurements134
Signed contracts100
Avg. awarded suppliers1.1
Avg. reported bids5.2
Highest reported bids22
Bid-count coverage29 of 324

Value and contract picture

Published value (GBP)£169,676,098
Average published value (GBP)£844,160
Signed contract value (GBP)£6,905,668

GBP totals only, so values in another currency are never silently mixed into the total.

Procurement methods

Below threshold - open competition
182
Below threshold - unknown
36
Open procedure
36
Below threshold - limited competition
30
Competitive flexible procedure
28
Not published
6
Below threshold - without competition
5
Direct award
1

Top categories

Not published in the retained notices.

Most competitive procurements

Ranked by the number of bids reported by the buyer; a multi-lot procurement can report one count per lot.

ProcurementBids reportedValueStatus
PR and Communications Agency in SSA22£249,000complete
Media Monitoring Service to the British Council in Middle East and Africa12£214,000complete
Invitation to Tender (ITT)-For: Transport and confidential material movement services for British Council-Bangladesh7£1,000,000complete
Supply of Printing and Advertising of Promotional Items for BC Egypt7£500,000complete
ITT-South Africa Exam Venues Phase 27£217,391complete
Provision of Man Guarding Services - British Council Jordan7JOD 215,000complete
FACILITY MANAGEMENT & MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR THE BRITISH COUNCIL INDIA (BCD, BCE & BCMS)6Value not publishedcomplete
Printing & Advertising Services for BC Qatar6£210,000complete
Internationalisation Learning Cohort Sessions - Consultancy6Value not publishedcomplete
WE_650 Consultancy Services for CybHER project6Value not publishedcomplete

Most frequent awarded suppliers

SupplierProcurements wonPublished award value (GBP)
B and E conferencing Public Procurement Organisation Number2£400,000
RI&B for construction and development2Value not published
Homeland LLC2Value not published
Fonema Colectivo_Diego Olavarria2Value not published
Basal Capital, S. de R.L. de C.V.2Value not published
Beijing Foreign Enterprise Human Resources Service Co., Ltd.2Value not published
Krystal Integrated Services Limited1£1,900,000
CHINA WE-M.I.C.E. SERVICE CO., LTD.1£1,040,000
Travel-sea International Services & Consultancy Limited 1£1,040,000
Beijing Jierui Exhibition Co Ltd1£1,040,000

Recent and open procurements

ProcurementStatusDeadlineValue
Accounting Service for British Council in ChinaOpen7 Sept 2026£320,000
EU_1499 - Training services for Education projects for British CouncilOpen7 Sept 2026£175,000
PEACEPLUS - Education and training providers for the delivery of the Media CONNECT training courseOpen7 Sept 2026€57,500
Lawyer services for the certification of translation of educational documentsOpen8 Sept 2026£135,483
UK_ 810 Events Management, British Pavilion at the Venice BiennaleOpen9 Sept 2026€440,000
UK_1412 – Evaluating the strategic and economic return of international artist-led innovationOpen10 Sept 2026£78,000
UK_996 - Platform for hosting the Study UK online courses (MOOCs)Open11 Sept 2026£270,000
Creative DNA Twende Soko 2.0Open11 Sept 2026£80,000
Graphic Design, print and production services for British Council PolandOpen15 Sept 2026PLN 442,000
Research Management and Governance Capability Enhancement ProgrammeOpen16 Sept 2026£54,000
Provision of Catering Services for the English and School Education Programme across MoroccoOpen20 Sept 2026£400,000
RFP - GT61EES82026 - Assessment Partner for EDGE Punjab Project with UNICEFOpen21 Sept 2026£50,000
UK_1498- Arts Content AgencyOpen21 Sept 2026£207,000
WE_1340 - Accounting Services for the British Council AzerbaijanOpen21 Sept 2026£76,752
Supply and installation of a new baggage scannerOpen21 Sept 2026£32,000
Supply and installation of a new baggage scannerOpen21 Sept 2026£32,000
Supply and installation of a new baggage scannerOpen21 Sept 2026£32,000
Strategic Support Unit – Special Purpose Audit Services tenderClosed21 Mar 2025£30,000
Ethiopia - Local TransportationClosed7 Apr 2025£44,000
ITT British Council Korea (3 Entities)-Catering service for kidsClosed8 Apr 2025£430,200

How to read these figures

Supplier count means distinct suppliers named in awards, not all bidders. Bid counts are published aggregate statistics, not a list of submitted bids. Award and contract data currently comes from the latest retained OCDS record for each procurement process.