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Provision of Global Travel Management Services

Buyer: BRITISH COUNCIL(THE) →

BuyerBRITISH COUNCIL(THE)
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£46,579,000
Published17 Dec 2025

What is being bought

The British Council is currently seeking to understand capabilities within the market of a suitable provider (or Network) to deliver a Global Travel Program across its Global network, which can service approximately 30 countries in its initial phase. The supplier should be capable of supporting all facets of business travel including but not limited to offline and online service options. This RFI will inform our business case and requirements for a tender.

Delivery location

UK, GB · AL, AL · DZ, DZ · AR, AR · AM, AM · AU, AU · AZ, AZ · BH, BH · BD, BD · BE, BE · BA, BA · BW, BW · BR, BR · BG, BG · CM, CM · CA, CA · CL, CL · CN, CN · CO, CO · CU, CU · CY, CY · CZ, CZ · EG, EG · ET, ET · FR, FR · GE, GE · DE, DE · GH, GH · EL, GR · HK, HK · HU, HU · IN, IN · ID, ID · IQ, IQ · IE, IE · IL, IL · IT, IT · JM, JM · JP, JP · JO, JO · KZ, KZ · KE, KE · KW, KW · LV, LV · LB, LB · LY, LY · MW, MW · MY, MY · MU, MU · MX, MX · MA, MA · MZ, MZ · MM, MM · NP, NP · NZ, NZ · NG, NG · PS, PS · OM, OM · PK, PK · PE, PE · PH, PH · PL, PL · PT, PT · QA, QA · RO, RO · RW, RW · SA, SA · RS, RS · SG, SG · SK, SK · ZA, ZA · KR, KR · ES, ES · LK, LK · SD, SD · TW, TW · TZ, TZ · TH, TH · TT, TT · TN, TN · TR, TR · UG, UG · UA, UA · AE, AE · UY, UY · UZ, UZ · VE, VE · VN, VN · YE, YE · ZM, ZM

Categories

Travel agency, tour operator and tourist assistance services 63500000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 Jul 2026 to 30 Jun 2029

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Travel agency, tour operator and tourist assistance servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 63. The category anchor is Travel agency, tour operator and tourist assistance services (63500000); 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 637053 median · 10.2 average (171 of 705 with a bid count)3.2 average (203 of 705 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK1843 median · 15.4 average (50 of 184 with a bid count)3.7 average (59 of 184 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)35Not publishedNot publishedNot 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 policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
Please register on the British Council procurement portal for the Request for Information documents: https://tap.tcsapps.com/tap2/#/bc-supplier-registration The documents provide further information relevant at this stage. If you have any clarification questions submit these via the portal and by 06/01/2026.engagement12 Jan 2026scheduled

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-05f850
Latest release ID084043-2025
Latest release timestampWed Dec 17 2025 16:38:25 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£46,579,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
17 Dec 2025planning084043-2025

All source data

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

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