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Published 17 Apr 2025, 12:53 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Production for digital, hybrid, and face-to-face events

Official notice

Authority: British Council (Local council)

ServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove threshold
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£800,000≈ £400k / year · £928,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 14 May 2025
Contract term 2 yrsends 11 Jun 2027 · up to 10 Jun 2029 with extensions · starts 1 Jun 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Cultural Engagement Portfolio delivers events every year to support or as an objective of about 40 programmes across the Arts, English & Schools and Education. Those events require production support from a company or organisation that can provide a 360-service to produce online events and related services.

  • How the procedure runs: Production for events - Mexico

CPV: Project management consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 2 yrsPublished value£800,000
Contract period: 1 Jun 2025 – 11 Jun 2027 (2 yrs) · up to 10 Jun 2029 with extensionsValue: £800,000 exc. VAT · £928,000 inc. VAT
Extensions: 2 years extension

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 were scored
Quality: 50%Price: 40%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Quality and capacity: 25%
  • Methodology and Approach: 25%
  • Commercial: 40%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
  • Social Value
  • Quality and capacity
  • Methodology and Approach
  • Commercial
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
Competitive flexible procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
17 Apr 2025, 12:53 BST
Last source update
17 Apr 2025, 12:53 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 27 May 2025
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-015890
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Project management consultancy services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0504ca Find a Tender
How it runs

Production for events - Mexico

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: TCS TAP eSourcing
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free
Submission deadline
14 May 2025, 00:59 BST
Clarification deadline
23 Apr 2025, 00:59 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

17 Apr 2025 → 1 Jun 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    17 Apr 2025, 12:53 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    23 Apr 2025, 00:59 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    14 May 2025, 00:59 BST
  4. Award decision expected by
    27 May 2025, 00:59 BST
  5. Contract starts
    1 Jun 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    17 Apr 2025, 12:53 BST
    UK4

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