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BuyerBRITISH COUNCIL(THE)
StatusClosed
Deadline4 Aug 2026
Value£397,425
Published13 Jul 2026

What is being bought

The British Council, acting as the UK National Agency for the Erasmus+ Programme, is conducting a procurement exercise to establish a pool of external experts to provide assessment services. The purpose of this procurement is to establish a multi-candidate framework agreement ("Experts Pool") for the provision of independent expert assessment services. Appointed Experts will be commissioned on a call-down basis to undertake: - Assessment of Erasmus+ grant applications; - Assessment of interim and final beneficiary reports; and - Associated evaluation and quality assurance activities. Services must be delivered in accordance with: - The Erasmus+ Programme Guide. - The Erasmus+ Guide for Experts; and - National Agency processes and procedures. Appointment to the framework does not guarantee any volume of work. Work will be allocated based on expertise, availability, and absence of conflicts of interest.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Evaluation consultancy services 79419000Education and training services 80000000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£397,425
Contract periodFrom 1 Dec 2026 to 30 Nov 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Award Criteria — Please see documentation

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Evaluation consultancy services, Education and training servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Evaluation consultancy services (79419000); 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 794,8653 median · 30.3 average (1,439 of 4,865 with a bid count)2.8 average (1,611 of 4,865 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer15Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK1,3524 median · 58.6 average (394 of 1,352 with a bid count)4.6 average (467 of 1,352 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)4814 median · 6.8 average (25 of 481 with a bid count)1.2 average (25 of 481 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 agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

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-06c8f9
Latest release ID065716-2026
Latest release timestampMon Jul 13 2026 14:36:36 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065716-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-08-04T14:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-07-24T23:59:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-09-10T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailshttps://tap.tcsapps.com/tap2/#/bc-supplier-registration
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£397,425
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source3
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
13 Jul 2026tenderUpdate065716-2026
10 Jul 2026tender065359-2026

All source data

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

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