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Chevening and Marshall Administration Contract

Buyer: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office →

BuyerForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Statusplanned
DeadlineNot published
Value£0
Published12 May 2026

What is being bought

This project covers the Marshall Scholarship Programme which is the UK's flagship US-UK scholarships programme and the Chevening Programme which provides individuals who show the potential to inspire, inform, and influence positive change, with an opportunity to study at a UK university and gain a UK educational qualification. We are procuring for a provider to deliver these Scholarships. Likely administration contract requirements include; Programme Delivery Marketing and Communications Alumni Engagement Partnerships Finance Monitoring and Evaluation

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Administrative services for business operations 75112000Administrative educational services 75121000Marketing services 79342000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned
Contract periodFrom 1 Sept 2027 to 31 Aug 2030

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Administrative educational services, Marketing services, Administrative services for business operationsNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 75. The category anchor is Administrative services for business operations (75112000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 752,7223 median · 35.4 average (950 of 2,722 with a bid count)3.3 average (1,149 of 2,722 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer29Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK8753 median · 64 average (284 of 875 with a bid count)5.5 average (383 of 875 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
Summary of the Requirement The FCDO is seeking to engage with the market ahead of a planned procurement to appoint a delivery partner to manage the end to end administration of two flagship international scholarship programmes: • Chevening Scholarships – operating globally across 160+ countries • Marshall Scholarships – supporting US UK academic exchange The future supplier will be responsible for delivering services including: • Global communications and outreach • Application and selection management • Scholar and fellow placement support • Pre departure services and UK based welfare • Alumni engagement • Monitoring, evaluation, data and reporting • Financial administration and partnership management The supplier must demonstrate innovation, operational resilience, global reach, and strong commitments to social value, inclusion, diversity, sustainability, and value for money. Purpose of This Engagement The purpose of this PME is to: • Test market interest and capacity • Refine the requirement and commercial model • Explore potential delivery approaches • Assess capability across relevant service areas • Inform the final route to market decision (CCS FADS (RM6322) DPS or full PA23 open competition) This engagement is not a call for competition. Participation will not affect the ability of suppliers to compete in any future procurement. The FCDO intends to host a virtual supplier engagement session Registration: Please register your interest by completing the form below. https://forms.office.com/e/Gx6wCihcaDengagement18 Feb 2026scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05245a
Latest release ID043334-2026
Latest release timestampTue May 12 2026 09:06:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanned
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£0
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
12 May 2026planningUpdate043334-2026
11 May 2026planningUpdate043067-2026
17 Feb 2026planningUpdate014138-2026
2 Feb 2026planning009058-2026
23 May 2025planning026907-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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2 Feb 2026 · 009058-2026 · planning
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23 May 2025 · 026907-2025 · planning
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