Official UK procurement notice
EU_837 - FRA Printer Services 2026-2030
Authority: British Council (Local council)
Sectors: Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages (30) Delivery listed: France (FR)
Published estimate€80,000€100,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 29 Oct 2025awarded 5 Feb 2026
Awarded to Factoria
Contract term 5 yrsends 1 Jan 2031 · starts 1 Jan 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBritish Council in France is looking for printers leasing and services for the perios 2026-2030
CPV: Printers and plotters
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value€80,000
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).
How bids were scored
Lot awarding rule: As per RFP documents
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 13 Oct 2025, 13:40 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Mar 2026, 09:23 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-064757- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area in notice
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ae41Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: TCS TAP eSourcing
Access & registration note: Free
- Submission deadline
- 29 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 24 Oct 2025, 00:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
13 Oct 2025 → 17 Mar 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published368 days ago13 Oct 2025, 13:40 BST
- Clarification questions by358 days ago24 Oct 2025, 00:59 BST
- Submission deadline352 days ago29 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts289 days ago1 Jan 2026
- Latest notice published213 days ago17 Mar 2026, 09:23 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Oct 2025- Tender notice published13 Oct 2025, 13:40 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published27 Oct 2025, 14:04 GMTUK4
- Contract details notice published17 Mar 2026, 09:23 GMTUK7
- Status changed to complete17 Mar 2026, 09:23 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastContracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- FactoriaAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender