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Accounting Service for British Council in China

services
Competitive flexible procedure
Financial and insurance services
Location not published
Submission portal (closed)
Official notice
Published value
£320,000
Submission deadline 7 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: British Council: "Accounting Service for British Council in China". Published status: active. Published value: £320,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 7 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST. Published submission portal: tap.tcsapps.com.
Contracting AuthorityBritish CouncilScope & CategoriesSERVICES (1 lot)Submission Window
Closed
7 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Submission Gateway
tap.tcsapps.com
Legal Basis & Regime2023/54 · Competitive flexible procedure · Above thresholdEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£320,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: British Council
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for British Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
5.2Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Krystal Integrated Services LimitedTop vendor: 72.3% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 122 active published awards; 29 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Krystal Integrated Services Limited1 win£1,900,000
Meltwater Middle East LLC1 win£214,000
The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA)1 win£120,900
Propulsion1 win£90,000
FinQuery LLC1 win£76,237
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityBritish Council
Procedure methodCompetitive flexible procedure
Procurement categoryservices
Statusactive
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdYes
Legal basisUKPGA · 2023/54
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadline17 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Electronic submissionallowed
Submission languageszh
Published10 Aug 2026, 07:23 BST
Last source update10 Aug 2026, 07:23 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationFinancial and insurance services
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06df98
How to participate
Submission portal (closed)
Submission methodNot published
Electronic submissionallowed
Clarification deadline17 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Submission languageszh
Expression of interest deadline7 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
E-Sourcing Portal
Open portal
Submission instructions
Supplier Self Registration (British Council MyProcurement): https://tap.tcsapps.com/tap2/#/bc-supplier-registration View Public Tender (British Council MyProcurement): https://tap.tcsapps.com/tap2sup/#/staticPreviewPage?eventUuid=c9de5c31-05a4-4533-824f-949bcf247b36
What is being bought
2.1 British Council in China has a 3-year + 1 year optional extension accounting service purchase request for its two Whole Foreign Owned Enterprises (WFOE) in China, namely BC Education Consulting (Beijing) Co. Ltd (hereafter short for WFOE1), Yinghe Advertising (Beijing) Company Limited (hereafter short for WFOE2). The work scope of this service includes but not limited to: chart of accounts set-up, bookkeeping, accounting according to China Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP); tax compliance & filing according to China local VAT and surtax regulatory, and other statutory filing as per China local requirement and audit support. British Council expects to find a partner who can provide the above service to its two WFOEs in China and the service shall meets China regulatory and British Council’s requirement, be consistent and cost efficient.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    10 Aug 2026, 07:23 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    10 Aug 2026, 07:23 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    10 Aug 2026, 07:23 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    10 Aug 2026, 07:23 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    active
    Renewal
    Published value£320,000
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract period1 Nov 2026, 00:00 GMT — 31 Oct 2029, 23:59 GMT
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalone 12-month optional extension as per mutual agreement
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    10 Aug 2026, 07:23 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    7 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

British Council

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PHTN-1551-GCQH
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Documents (2)
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