Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Photography and Videography Services for British Council South Africa
Authority: British Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe British Council South Africa is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced two suppliers to provide professional photography and videography services across South Africa the ordering process will be through a mini competition based on availability and price
CPV: Advertising video-tape production
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£368,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Quality: 25%
- Methodology and Approach: 25%
- Commercial: 40%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
- Social Value: Responding to the Supplier response questions
- Quality: Responding to the Supplier response questions
- Methodology and Approach: Responding to the Supplier response questions
- Commercial: Provide the price offer using pricing approach document
- 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
- Open 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
- 10 Sept 2026, 14:43 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Sept 2026, 14:43 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 21 Oct 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-085961- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area in notice
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f6fcFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 10 Oct 2026, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Supplier Self Registration (British Council MyProcurement): tap.tcsapps.com/tap2/ ↗
View Public Tender (British Council MyProcurement): tap.tcsapps.com/tap2sup/ ↗
Timeline
10 Sept 2026 → 1 Nov 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published46 days ago10 Sept 2026, 14:43 BST
- Submission deadline17 days ago10 Oct 2026, 13:00 BST
- Award decision expected by6 days ago21 Oct 2026, 00:59 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 4 days1 Nov 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published10 Sept 2026, 14:43 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications The amount mentioned under the contract value is the threshold amount and is projected to be over gbp 207k
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender