Official UK procurement notice
British Council Coventry Cat A+ / Cat B Fit-Out
Authority: British Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe British Council Collection is a nationally significant collection of over 8700 works of modern and contemporary British art, lent widely to museums and galleries in the UK and globally, and used in our collaborative professional development programmes with international institutional partners and UK organisations. The Collection is in the process of moving to a new long-term management and care facility in Coventry, England, in collaboration with the Arts Council Collection and Culture Coventry Trust (the partners). The partners have engaged with Coventry City Council (CCC) on plans to turn a former Ikea store in Coventry City Centre into a renewed multi-tenanted facility that will accommodate Art Store requirements
- How the procedure runs: A participation stage to shortlist 4 top scoring potential suppliers, followed by an NDA stage and a tender stage, including site visit and supplier dialogue session
CPV: Building installation work · Construction work for commercial buildings, warehouses and industrial buildings, buildings relating to transport
The lotProcurement structure
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Methodology and Approach: 60%
- Pricing: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Methodology and Approach
- Pricing
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Jun 2026, 12:32 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Jun 2026, 13:02 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 23 Sept 2026
- Authority reference
ITT1034805- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-058924- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bb01Find a Tender
- How it runs
A participation stage to shortlist 4 top scoring potential suppliers, followed by an NDA stage and a tender stage, including site visit and supplier dialogue session
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 3 Jul 2026, 16:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 3 Jul 2026, 16:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Jun 2026, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Supplier Self Registration (British Council MyProcurement): tap.tcsapps.com/tap2/ ↗
View Public Tender (British Council MyProcurement): tap.tcsapps.com/tap2sup/ ↗
Timeline
23 Jun 2026 → 5 Oct 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published127 days ago23 Jun 2026, 12:32 BST
- Clarification questions by124 days ago26 Jun 2026, 14:00 BST
- Submission deadline117 days ago3 Jul 2026, 16:00 BST
- Award decision expected by34 days ago23 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts23 days ago5 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Jun 2026- Tender notice published23 Jun 2026, 12:32 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published23 Jun 2026, 13:02 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender