Official UK procurement notice
Online Events Production · UK public procurement notice
Authority: British Council (Local council)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery listed: Argentina (AR)Brazil (BR)Colombia (CO)
Published estimate£200,000≈ £100k / year · £240,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 1 Sept 2025
Contract term 2 yrsends 28 Sept 2027 · up to 25 Sept 2029 with extensions · starts 29 Sept 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTheBritishCouncilAmericasseeksasuppliertoprovideproductionandlogisticalsupportforapproximately40onlineeventsacrosstheArts,English&Schools,andEducationportfolios.
CPV: Cultural event organisation services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£200,000
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 (2)
- Supplier Response: 60%
- Pricing Approach: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Supplier Response: Supplierresponsemustbecompletedandsubmitted.
- Pricing Approach: PricingApproachmustbecompletedandsubmited.
What this means for your bid
- 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
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 18 Aug 2025, 22:27 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Aug 2025, 22:27 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-049664- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area in notice
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058a2aFind a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: TCS TAP eSourcing
Access & registration note: Free
- Submission deadline
- 1 Sept 2025, 00:59 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Aug 2025, 00:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
18 Aug 2025 → 29 Sept 2025 · 4 dates- Tender notice published18 Aug 2025, 22:27 BST
- Clarification questions by23 Aug 2025, 00:59 BST
- Submission deadline1 Sept 2025, 00:59 BST
- Contract starts393 days ago29 Sept 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published18 Aug 2025, 22:27 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender