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Published 3 Nov 2026, 13:56 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Pan EU office suppliers EUDR compliant

Authority: British Council (Local council)

Open framework schemeGoodsBelow threshold - open competitionBelow threshold
Framework ceiling (notional)£180,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Open framework scheme until 23 Nov 202622:00 GMT · period end, not a bid countdown
Clarification cut-off 6 Nov 202622:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Framework period 5 yrsends 31 Dec 2031 · starts 1 Jan 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

British Council is looking for sourcing suppliers compliant with the new regulations of the EU Deforestation-free Products Regulation (EUDR)

CPV: Stationery

How this framework works

From the published notice
Type
Closed framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
Call-offs
call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
Places
up to 10 suppliers
Framework period
5 yrs from 1 Jan 2027
Scheme runs until
31 Dec 2031
Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
10% of call-off value
Published description of the framework

Pan EU countries stationary providers

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 5 yrsPublished value£180,000
Contract period: 1 Jan 2027 – 31 Dec 2031 (5 yrs)Value: £180,000 exc. VAT · £180,000 inc. VAT

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids are scored

Lot awarding rule: Suppliers who will score highest will be awarded

What this means for your bid
  • “Pan EU office suppliers EUDR compliant” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 10 suppliers, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How British Council buys Various office equipment and supplies (CPV 3019), and who usually turns up

British Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Various office equipment and supplies (CPV 3019) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerBritish Council · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 5 of 11 known-size awards · market: CPV 3019 · UK-wide, n=33
45%61%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
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How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 10 of 11 known-location awards · market: CPV 3019 · UK-wide, n=19
91%0%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 20 decided notices · market: CPV 3019 · UK-wide, n=10
50 days86 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 50 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 1 of 16 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 3019 · UK-wide, n=17
6%35%

Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer37 lots with bid counts · all categories
11% had one bid
The market66 lots with bid counts · CPV 3019 · UK-wide
9% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid11% / 9%
Buyer: 4 of 37 lots with published bid counts. Market: 6 of 66 lots with published bid counts.
2–330% / 12%
Buyer: 11 of 37 lots with published bid counts. Market: 8 of 66 lots with published bid counts.
4–632% / 27%
Buyer: 12 of 37 lots with published bid counts. Market: 18 of 66 lots with published bid counts.
7+27% / 52%
Buyer: 10 of 37 lots with published bid counts. Market: 34 of 66 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.

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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 301960 monthsPublished estimate£180k
Expected competition
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How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 19 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet0% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 19 similar lots
1 bid0%
0 of 19 similar past lots received 1 bid (0%).
2–30%
0 of 19 similar past lots received 2–3 (0%).
4–616%
3 of 19 similar past lots received 4–6 (16%).
7+84%
16 of 19 similar past lots received 7+ (84%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 10 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

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
Open admission
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Open framework scheme
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
3 Nov 2026, 13:56 GMT
Last source update
3 Nov 2026, 13:56 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-104266
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Stationery
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0796af Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Apply via TCS TAP eSourcing
Submission portal named on this notice: TCS TAP eSourcing
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Appointment period ends
23 Nov 2026, 22:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
6 Nov 2026, 22:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
call-off levy · 10% of call-off value
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Supplier Self Registration (British Council MyProcurement): tap.tcsapps.com/tap2/ ↗

View Public Tender (British Council MyProcurement): tap.tcsapps.com/tap2sup/ ↗

Timeline

3 Nov 2026 → 1 Jan 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published2h ago
    3 Nov 2026, 13:56 GMT
  2. Today
    3 Nov 2026
  3. Clarification questions byin 3 days
    6 Nov 2026, 22:00 GMT
  4. Admission / appointment period endsin 20 days · period end, not a bid countdown
    23 Nov 2026, 22:00 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 58 days
    1 Jan 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    3 Nov 2026, 13:56 GMT
    UK4

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

British Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PHTN-1551-GCQH 1 Redman Place, London, London, E20 1JQContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender