PIN: UK_331 - Trapped Cash Solution (Global Payment Service Provider (PSP)) - BC/03765

Official notice

Authority: British Council (Local council)

Services

Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66) Delivery: UK

Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 30 Jun 2025from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The British Council is seeking to conduct a market engagement with suppliers who can provide Online Payment Acceptance Services in challenging markets, primarily South-East Asia and AfricaIntend Reference: BC/03765

CPV: Corporate finance and venture capital services · International payment transfer services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1All our commercial exam operations in all our countries face a currency mismatch –…Planned

All our commercial exam operations in all our countries face a currency mismatch – local currency revenue and GBP costs (primarily Exam Board fees). This income is collected from customers in a range of payment journeys:- Where the customer is paying while in an online journey- The customer is paying cash in an office or teaching centre- The customer pays electronically but is not in an online journeyBritish Council is investigating options to engage a specialist payment providers handling the British Council Online Payments across our challenging markets, primarily South-East Asia and Africa. Their service will enable the customer to pay in their local currency for any product and the British Council to receive hard currency in the UK.

Delivery: UK

66115000 International payment transfer services 66122000 Corporate finance and venture capital services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 31 Jan 2025, 17:13 GMT
Last source update: 31 Jan 2025, 17:13 GMT
Authority reference: BC/03765
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-003382
Classification (CPV): Corporate finance and venture capital servicesInternational payment transfer services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04dad4 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

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Submission deadline: —

Timeline

31 Jan 2025 → 30 Jun 2025 · 2 dates

Notice published
31 Jan 2025, 17:13 GMT
Tender notice expected
30 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

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 authorityLocal CouncilBody governed by public lawRegistered Charity 58 Whitworth Street, Manchester, UK, M1 6BBContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications

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