Official UK procurement notice
Purchase of Lease Accounting System for British Council Operation
Authority: British Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe British Council is seeking the service of reputable organisation to provide a lease accounting system or solution in order to meet newly updated regulatory requirement on lease accounting for charity organisations such as the British Council.
- How the procedure runs: A Competitive Flexible Procedure is a multi-stage procurement event. As such, participants need to be aware that there may be more than one stage of evaluation as part of the event. Schedule 1 details the stages that will be used in this event along with any evaluation process or criteria specific to those stages. Participants who respond to this ITT, may be required to pass a completeness check, a check for mandatory and/or discretionary exclusion grounds, and check against qualification criteria including conditions of participation; at one or more stages in this event. In carrying out this assessment, the British Council may disregard any tenders that does not pass such checks.
CPV: Compliance software development services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£530,000
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 (2)
- Technical: 60%
- Commercial: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical : Comprises of Social value, Lease Analysis, accounting and reporting, system integration and implementation
- Commercial: Commercial proposal
- 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
- Awarded
- 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
- 15 May 2026, 09:59 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Sept 2026, 23:56 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 15 Jul 2026
- Authority reference
SSA_1029_2026- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-044784- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0699b6Find a Tender
- How it runs
A Competitive Flexible Procedure is a multi-stage procurement event. As such, participants need to be aware that there may be more than one stage of evaluation as part of the event. Schedule 1 details the stages that will be used in this event along with any evaluation process or criteria specific to those stages. Participants who respond to this ITT, may be required to pass a completeness check, a check for mandatory and/or discretionary exclusion grounds, and check against qualification criteria including conditions of participation; at one or more stages in this event. In carrying out this assessment, the British Council may disregard any tenders that does not pass such checks.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 22 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Supplier Self Registration (British Council MyProcurement): tap.tcsapps.com/tap2/ ↗ Public Tender (British Council MyProcurement): tap.tcsapps.com/tap2sup/ ↗
Timeline
15 May 2026 → 2 Sept 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published163 days ago15 May 2026, 09:59 BST
- Clarification questions by155 days ago22 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline137 days ago9 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by102 days ago15 Jul 2026, 00:59 BST
- Contract starts85 days ago1 Aug 2026
- Assessment summaries sent60 days ago26 Aug 2026
- Latest notice published52 days ago2 Sept 2026, 23:56 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 May 2026- Tender notice published15 May 2026, 09:59 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published2 Sept 2026, 23:56 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete2 Sept 2026, 23:56 BST
- Contract signature expected22 Sept 2026, 00:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| FinQuery LLC30 Sept 2026 – 30 Sept 2029 · up to 30 Sept 2031Extensions: Based on excellent service delivery. | £76,237 | 18 Aug 2026 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- FinQuery LLCAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender