Official UK procurement notice
Discovery & Rapid Resourcing Marketing Agency
Authority: British Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe British Council seeks to appoint a single supplier under a one-year contract (with the option of two 12-month extensions) to act as a Discovery and Rapid Resourcing Marketing Agency Partner. The agreement will be let as a single-supplier services contract, not a multi-supplier framework. The selected supplier will deliver a short, focused discovery phase to assess the current and future resourcing and operating model across global marketing, followed by the provision of embedded capacity and flexible surge support across priority areas.
- How the procedure runs: Initial tenders will be assessed. Supplier presentations and dialogue sessions will follow, and we will then invite Best and Final Tenders from the shortlisted suppliers.
CPV: Advertising and marketing services · Business and management consultancy and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£214,904
What it takes to wini
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 (5)
- Approach & Delivery: 20%
- Team, Governance & Global Delivery: 20%
- Quality, Reporting & Compliance: 10%
- Commercial: 40%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (5)
- Social Value
- Approach & Delivery
- Team, Governance & Global Delivery
- Quality, Reporting & Compliance
- Commercial
- 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
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- 11 Sept 2025, 17:27 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Oct 2025, 17:04 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 4 Nov 2025
- Authority reference
TT1027911- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-055986- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0598f9Find a Tender
- How it runs
Initial tenders will be assessed. Supplier presentations and dialogue sessions will follow, and we will then invite Best and Final Tenders from the shortlisted suppliers.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 7 Oct 2025, 11:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 25 Sept 2025, 11:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Please submit all questions and responses to our procurement portal: tap.tcsapps.com/tap2/ ↗
Timeline
11 Sept 2025 → 7 Nov 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published11 Sept 2025, 17:27 BST
- Clarification questions by393 days ago25 Sept 2025, 11:00 BST
- Submission deadline381 days ago7 Oct 2025, 11:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent360 days ago29 Oct 2025
- Latest notice published359 days ago29 Oct 2025, 17:04 GMT
- Contract starts354 days ago4 Nov 2025
- Award decision expected by353 days ago4 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Standstill ends350 days ago7 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Sept 2025- Tender notice published11 Sept 2025, 17:27 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published17 Sept 2025, 10:17 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published29 Oct 2025, 17:04 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete29 Oct 2025, 17:04 GMT
- Contract signature expected10 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLIVER MARKETING LTD10 Nov 2025 – 9 Nov 2026 · up to 9 Nov 2028Extensions: 2 x 12 month extension options | £214,904 | 29 Oct 2025standstill to 7 Nov 2025 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- OLIVER MARKETING LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender