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Research Management and Governance Capability Enhancement Programme

Buyer: British Council →

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BuyerBritish Council
StatusOpen
Deadline16 Sept 2026
Value£54,000
Published25 Aug 2026

What is being bought

The primary objective of the research management capacity building programme is to onboard a highly specialised UK professional body or research management agency to co-design, contextualise, and co-deliver an international-standard research governance programme to enhance capability. The initiative aims to shift institutional mindsets from basic project administration to strategic, visionary research leadership

Categories

General management consultancy services 79411000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£54,000
Contract periodFrom 15 Oct 2026 to 1 Aug 2028

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1General management consultancy servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is General management consultancy services (79411000); 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 797,3784 median · 34.1 average (2,694 of 7,378 with a bid count)3.2 average (3,040 of 7,378 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer79Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)4887 median · 8.3 average (3 of 488 with a bid count)1 average (3 of 488 with named award suppliers)Not 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 policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

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-06eb09
Latest release ID080590-2026
Latest release timestampTue Aug 25 2026 04:07:26 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080590-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-09-16T11:00:00Z
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-09-02T11:00:00Z
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsSupplier Self Registration (British Council MyProcurement): https://tap.tcsapps.com/tap2/#/bc-supplier-registration View Public Tender (British Council MyProcurement): https://tap.tcsapps.com/tap2sup/#/staticPreviewPage?eventUuid=7e65093a-1af3-4e46-81c8-c2e092dfb794
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£54,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
25 Aug 2026tender080590-2026

All source data

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

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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