Official UK procurement notice
Provision of School Venues for Conducting British Council Examinations in Bangladesh
Authority: British Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBC Services Bangladesh Ltd, a local entity of the British Council, is inviting eligible and qualified schools in Bangladesh to participate in a tender process for the provision of examination venues.
The purpose of this tender is to identify suitable school premises that can be used to conduct British Council examinations in full compliance with:
- British Council examination venue standards and operational requirements; and
- All applicable Government of Bangladesh laws and regulations governing the operation of educational institutions in Bangladesh.
Participating schools must ensure that their venues meet the required standards relating to infrastructure, safety, security, accessibility, seating capacity, examination conditions, and administrative support necessary for the smooth and secure delivery of examinations.
The selected school venues will primarily be used to conduct examinations for the school's own registered candidates. In addition, the British Council may, where required, use these venues to administer examinations for candidates from other schools and/or private candidates.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 15 Apr 2030, 23:59 BST.
- How the procedure runs: N/A.
CPV: Administrative educational services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewalPublished value£600,000
- Economic & financial standing
- Must have Educational Institute Identification Number (EIIN) for administrative and exam purposes, managed by Bangladesh education boards.
- As these services are for the local entity of the British Council, BC Services Bangladesh Limited, no international transactions are possible. Do you have the facilities in Bangladesh to operate and receive direct payment for these services?
- Technical & professional ability
- Provision of Venue(s) that is/are close to local travel facilities with disabled access to the building.
- All national and local requirements applicable to the Venue are met including those regarding insurance, fire and safety. Venues meet any relevant ISOs and/or local equivalents.
- All national and local Covid19 health and safety measures applicable to the Venue are met. (For clarity, this includes any cleaning requirements and signage, but excludes candidate management.)
- All Venue compliance certification is valid and appropriately displayed or accessible including Insurance, Fire Safety and relevant Health & Safety.
- All fire exits are clearly marked and not obstructed plus fire extinguishers are in date and in sight within the Venue.
- Clear instructions are in place regarding fire evacuation processes which are visible within the Venue and designated fire marshals are trained and on site.
- Provision of fire detection equipment and alarms within the Venue(s).
- There is no existing and/or any new cause or action being instigated against the Venue which may prevent or impede access to the Venue.
- No Venue will fall into insolvency, receivership or be at risk of any financial failure during the Term.
- All Exam Rooms have a controlled, comfortable temperature with air conditioning and/or heating systems as appropriate.
- Provision of Exam Administrator Area.
- Provision of Candidate Waiting Area.
- Provision of secure storage for Candidates' belongings.
- Clean and available, separate male and female toilets within each Venue.
- A disabled toilet is clean and available within each Venue.
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The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Economic & financial standing
- Must have Educational Institute Identification Number (EIIN) for administrative and exam purposes, managed by Bangladesh education boards.
- As these services are for the local entity of the British Council, BC Services Bangladesh Limited, no international transactions are possible. Do you have the facilities in Bangladesh to operate and receive direct payment for these services?
- Technical & professional ability
- Provision of Venue(s) that is/are close to local travel facilities with disabled access to the building.
- All national and local requirements applicable to the Venue are met including those regarding insurance, fire and safety. Venues meet any relevant ISOs and/or local equivalents.
- All national and local Covid19 health and safety measures applicable to the Venue are met. (For clarity, this includes any cleaning requirements and signage, but excludes candidate management.)
- All Venue compliance certification is valid and appropriately displayed or accessible including Insurance, Fire Safety and relevant Health & Safety.
- All fire exits are clearly marked and not obstructed plus fire extinguishers are in date and in sight within the Venue.
- Clear instructions are in place regarding fire evacuation processes which are visible within the Venue and designated fire marshals are trained and on site.
- Provision of fire detection equipment and alarms within the Venue(s).
- There is no existing and/or any new cause or action being instigated against the Venue which may prevent or impede access to the Venue.
- No Venue will fall into insolvency, receivership or be at risk of any financial failure during the Term.
- All Exam Rooms have a controlled, comfortable temperature with air conditioning and/or heating systems as appropriate.
- Provision of Exam Administrator Area.
- Provision of Candidate Waiting Area.
- Provision of secure storage for Candidates' belo…
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How British Council buys Administrative services of agencies (CPV 7512): the notice lists a non-UK location
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Above estimate17%
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Lot #1Published estimate£600k
This lot lists only non-UK delivery addresses. Supplier examples below come from UK award history and are not checked for this delivery area.
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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.
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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
- Planned procurement
- 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
- Yes · next expected 15 Apr 2030
- First published
- 1 Mar 2026, 10:36 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Mar 2026, 06:23 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 15 Apr 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-018700- Accelerated
- Qualifying planned procurement notice
- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area in notice
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065ee9Find a Tender
- How it runs
N/A.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 10 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadline
- 30 Mar 2026, 23:59 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
1 Mar 2026 → 15 Apr 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published235 days ago1 Mar 2026, 10:36 GMT
- Latest notice published233 days ago3 Mar 2026, 06:23 GMT
- Tender notice expected227 days ago8 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Expressions of interest by225 days ago10 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadline205 days ago30 Mar 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts190 days ago15 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by189 days ago15 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Mar 2026- Planned procurement notice published1 Mar 2026, 10:36 GMTUK3
- Planned procurement notice published3 Mar 2026, 06:23 GMTUK3
- Procurement method changed3 Mar 2026, 06:23 GMT
- Deadline published: 30 Mar 2026, 23:59 BST3 Mar 2026, 06:23 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender