British Council: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

Companies House: Royal Charter CompanyGOV.UK register: Executive non-departmental public bodyCentral governmentGreater LondonLondon

Official UK PPONPHTN-1551-GCQHCompanies HouseRC000060 ↗Websitebritishcouncil.org ↗

Open notices

20 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build

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What they buy
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Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each

How they buy
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Last 24 months · 506 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
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  • Contract90%(454 notices)
    454 of 506 notices are Contract (90%).
  • Framework9%(46 notices)
    46 of 506 notices are Framework (9%).
  • Dynamic purchasing system1%(6 notices)
    6 of 506 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (1%).
Procedure route
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  • Open72%(364 notices)
    364 of 506 notices are Open (72%).
  • Route not published12%(62 notices)
    62 of 506 notices are Route not published (12%).
  • Limited / restricted8%(42 notices)
    42 of 506 notices are Limited / restricted (8%).
  • Selective5%(24 notices)
    24 of 506 notices are Selective (5%).
  • Direct award3%(14 notices)
    14 of 506 notices are Direct award (3%).
Typical bids per lot
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Based on 62 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

3.5robust · n=628.1% of lots drew a single bid
Deadline → award
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Based on 90 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.

34 daysrobust · n=90
Notice amendments
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Based on 506 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

0151 of 506 notices amended
Award vs estimate
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Based on 22 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.

3.7% below estimaterobust · n=22

Who wins here
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All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records

SupplierProceduresShareLast 24mAward recordsLast activity
LSE Enterprise Ltdframework/DPS on 341.2%2514 Aug 2026
Guru Online Hong Kong Limited30.9%3313 Mar 2025
EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CONSULT LIMITEDframework/DPS on 230.9%3314 Aug 2026
ACTOR SECURITE30.9%3327 Jul 2026
Basal Capital, S. de R.L. de C.V.30.9%3329 Oct 2025
The Social Investment Consultancy Ltdframework/DPS on 330.9%2314 Aug 2026
Mobile Testing Solutions Ltdframework/DPS on 230.9%11115 Apr 2026
IFF Research Ltdframework/DPS on 230.9%1314 Aug 2026

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 2% of 346 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 614 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)
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£66mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 84 of 84 published single-supplier values; the five largest make 86%; a further 48 published a VAT-inclusive amount only, kept apart.
Typical single-supplier award (24m)
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£83k middle valuerobust · n=84Middle half £45k–£171k.
Largest published awards
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SupplierAwardedTermPublished value
National Commercial Exam Venues 2026Topaz Events Complex17 Mar 20263 yrs · up to 4 yrs£50,592,000
≈ £17m/yr
Framework agreement for the purchase of non-permanent worker servicesENROUTE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED14 Sept 20262 yrs£2,100,000
≈ £1.1m/yr
Agreement for the purchase of FM & Maintenance ServicesKrystal Integrated Services Limited23 Apr 20263 yrs£1,900,000
≈ £633k/yr
UK_260 - English and School Education Learning Management SystemECOM SCOTLAND LIMITED——£1,300,000 †
Security Services FranceACTOR SECURITE12 Nov 20252 yrs · up to 5 yrs£536,179
≈ £268k/yr

Contracts ending
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358 of 365 contracts carry an end date, 79 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

Soonest 10 of 110 contracts ending within 18 months.

Recent procedures

Latest 50 of 674 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement

ProcedureStatusPublishedPublished value
Mapping the Research and Innovation Ecosystem in select North African countries Priorities Actors and Uk Partnership Opportunities in Algeria Egypt Morocco and TunisiaResearch servicesOpen5 Nov 2026£70,000
DB29ARTS112026 - Event Management Services for WOW 2027 - KarachiEvent servicesOpen10 Nov 2026£25,000
AM_1522 - Learning platform solution and supporting services, ColombiaIT software packageOpen6 Nov 2026£1,000,000
AM_1522 - Learning platform solution and supporting services, ColombiaIT software packageOpen6 Nov 2026£1,000,000
AM_1522 - Learning platform solution and supporting services, ColombiaIT software packageOpen6 Nov 2026£1,000,000
2024 DPS for PTPs - AmericasDPS18 lotsEducation and training servicesOpen9 Jan 2024—
2024 - DPS - IELTS Partner Testing Points for Italy in the EU RegionDPSEducation and training servicesOpen28 Jun 2024€340,000
Provision of Photography and Videography Services for British Council South AfricaAdvertising video-tape productionAwarded / complete11 Nov 2026£368,000
Influencer MarketingAwarded / complete11 Nov 2026—
Accounting Service for British Council in ChinaFinancial and insurance servicesAwarded / complete11 Nov 2026£320,000
Purchase of Man Guarding Services and Cash collection for Qatar OfficeSecurity servicesAwarded / complete5 Nov 2026£460,504
UK_1486 Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Services for Schools ConnectAwarded / complete2 Nov 2026—
UK_1510 Consultancy MEL SupportAwarded / complete2 Nov 2026—
Pavilion Management and Exhibition Production: British Pavilion at the Venice BiennaleFrameworkFair and exhibition organisation servicesAwarded / complete30 Oct 2026€2,700,000
Procurement of All-in-One-Computers - OmanAwarded / complete29 Oct 2026—
Paper Based and Computer Based Exam Venue in West AfricaComputer hardware acceptance testing consultancy servicesAwarded / complete28 Oct 2026£100,000
IELTS ON COMPUTER VENUE HIRE AGREEMENT FOR KENYABuilding rental or sale servicesAwarded / complete28 Oct 2026£353,104
Annual IELTS Partner Meet 2027Awarded / complete27 Oct 2026—
October 2026_IELTS Partner Testing Point in MacauFrameworkEvent servicesOpen27 Oct 2026£1
Validation of pupil test for Teaching Reading for MeaningAwarded / complete26 Oct 2026—

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Contracts Finder adds 272 more procedures by this authority, mostly below the Find a Tender threshold or from before 2025. Each is counted once beside any Find a Tender copy; they are in the totals, not in this list or in search.

About this data
  • One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
  • Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
  • Contract end dates. 358 of 365 published contracts have an end date; 79 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar. Published values in that list come from either source; Contracts Finder figures are shown as published and stay out of this profile’s money totals.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.