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Outsourcing services of Recruitment, Verification and Payroll Management of Workers (NPW) including examination venue staffs and Hourly paid teachers in Sri Lanka.

Buyer: British Council →

View official notice ↗Official source

BuyerBritish Council
StatusClosed
Deadline1 Sept 2026
Value£1,127,118
Published10 Aug 2026

What is being bought

The British Council in Sri Lanka is inviting reputable and experienced outsourcing services providing vendors to submit tenders for providing verification and payroll management of various categories of Non-Permanent Workers (NPW) through an employee placement agency who has experience in providing end to end staffing solutions and management of payroll for Exam venue staffs and Teachers for the British Council Sri Lanka. The British Council Sri Lanka facilitates a comprehensive array of UK qualifications throughout Sri Lanka via our offices in Colombo, Kandy, and Jaffna, as well as in the Maldives. We administer exams in several cities across Sri Lanka and in Malé, Maldives, totalling approximately 100,000 exams annually. Also, we have Teaching Centres in all Colombo, Kandy, Jaffna & Matara Branch offices with a total number of teachers counting to over 75. To deliver these exams, we require about 500 exams venue staffs and examiners in Sri Lanka, including Chief Supervisors, Assistant Supervisors, Invigilators, Marshals, Temporary Back-office Staff, and Examiners. Given the scale of these contractual relationships and payroll activities, which extend beyond the core responsibilities of our specialized exams delivery team, we have outsourced the management and payment of venue staff and hourly paid teachers’ contracts, verification and Payroll management of Exams venue staffs and Teachers. We can handover the existing pool of venue staffs and teachers so that the vendor needs to manage the payroll only on monthly basis and in such scenario, there will be no payment for recruitment and verification.

Categories

Supply services of personnel including temporary staff 79620000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£1,127,118
Contract periodFrom 1 Dec 2026 to 30 Nov 2028

Award criteria
Social Value — Outline how the contract will create training opportunities to address skill gaps particularly for those who face barriers to employment and/or who are located in deprived areas? (10%)
Quality & Experience — Describe your quality-of-service features and experience, organisational strength, relevant work experience by mentioning your track record in Sri Lanka HR outsourcing; client references; technological and financial capability for payroll management (company bank statement as proof is ‘good to have’), any certification, awards etc. (15%)
Methodology and Approach — Methodology & Approach : Describe your proposed methodology and approach for delivering the contract, outlining how your organisation will meet the British Council's service requirements, maintain service quality, manage risks, ensure compliance, and achieve the agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). (5%)
Contract template acceptance including KPI and operational approach — Acceptance of contract template including insurance clause, various Key Performance Indicator of the services to be monitored and recorded at different frequency Describe the operational approach you will adopt to deliver the required services, including the processes, resources, systems, and governance arrangements that will ensure consistent and effective service delivery. (20%)
Commercial — Pricing (50%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Supply services of personnel including temporary staffNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Supply services of personnel including temporary staff (79620000); 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 794,3193 median · 33.3 average (1,184 of 4,319 with a bid count)2.8 average (1,326 of 4,319 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer78Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)3373.5 median · 6.4 average (12 of 337 with a bid count)1.9 average (12 of 337 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 agreementNot published
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-06df96
Latest release ID075505-2026
Latest release timestampMon Aug 10 2026 05:56:39 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075505-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodselective
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadline2026-09-01T22:59:00Z
Enquiry deadline2026-08-16T23:00:00Z
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-10-08T23:59:59Z
Submission method detailsSupplier Self Registration (British Council MyProcurement): https://tap.tcsapps.com/tap2/#/bc-supplier-registration View Public Tender (British Council MyProcurement): https://tap.tcsapps.com/tap2sup/#/staticPreviewPage?eventUuid=c3325f48-8837-4654-b5f6-984521bb80bb
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£1,127,118
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source8
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
10 Aug 2026tender075505-2026

All source data

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

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
10 Aug 2026 · 075505-2026 · tender
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