Official UK procurement notice
ITT - CU54EXAMS102025 -National Exam Venues (Non-commercial)
Authority: British Council (Local council)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery listed: Pakistan (PK)
Published estimate£3,280,000≈ £1.1m / year · £4,000,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 20 Feb 2026
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe British Council would like to request proposals from Schools / Colleges / Universities / Institutes to provide venues along with management services for paper based and computer-delivered exams in Pakistan. The selected venues must meet our technical and operational standards to ensure secure, consistent, and high-quality exam delivery.
CPV: Event services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£3,280,000
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
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Venue requirement: 20%
- Security Clearance: 20%
- Commercial: 50%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
- Social Value: Please demonstrate where you/your organization has created employment opportunities particularly for those who face barriers to employment and/or who are located in deprived areas. OR Please demonstrate actions taken to support the health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health, in your workforce.
- Venue requirement: What is the total candidate capacity you can cater during session as per the venue requirement document? To assess the exam delivery viability please share your complete address of the exam venue.
- Security Clearance: Please confirm whether you can provide the exam venue services as referred in the section of General Security and Data Security of the Annex -2 -Venue Requirements of this ITT. Please confirm if you will allow British Council team to visit your venue for Health, Safety and Security assessment. The assessment will be done to complete Annex -5 and Annex -6 during the visit.
- Commercial: Please confirm your acceptance of Annex 4 (Pricing Approach).
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- 20 Jan 2026, 13:09 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Jan 2026, 13:09 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 5 Mar 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-004816- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area in notice
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0609f7Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: TCS TAP eSourcing
Access & registration note: Free
- Submission deadline
- 20 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 2 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
20 Jan 2026 → 1 Apr 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published282 days ago20 Jan 2026, 13:09 GMT
- Clarification questions by268 days ago2 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadline250 days ago20 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected by237 days ago5 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts211 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published20 Jan 2026, 13:09 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (8)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender