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ITT-South Africa Exam Venues Phase 2

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BuyerBritish Council
StatusAwarded
Deadline15 Dec 2025
Value£217,391
Published2 Jun 2026

What is being bought

The British Council South Africa Exams is the conducts IELTS exams across South Africa. We are catering around 14 000 candidates per annum for which we require Exam Venues across South Africa. We require exam venues in the category of schools, colleges, institute and /universities, in the enlisted cities / locations. If your venue is in these areas, you are requested to submit a response

Lot details

Lot 1

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Statuscomplete

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BudgetNot published
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Planning documents0
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Latest release ID051746-2026
Latest release timestampTue Jun 02 2026 09:29:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074991-2025
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
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 valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release5

Notice history

DateEventReference
2 Jun 2026award, contract051746-2026
18 Nov 2025tender074991-2025

All source data

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

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