Official UK procurement notice
Supply of Printing and Advertising of Promotional Items for BC Egypt
Authority: British Council (Local council)
Sectors: Printed matter and related products (22) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£500,000≈ £250k / year · £650,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 6 Jul 2026awarded 12 Aug 2026
Award (standstill) to Harmony Sign
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Jul 2028 · up to 1 Aug 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Aug 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBritish Council Egypt requirements to hire Printing and advertising agencies
CPV: Advertising material
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£500,000
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 60%
- Commercial: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: Kindly complete annex 3
- Commercial: Kindly complete annex 4
What this means for your bid
- 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
- Goods
- 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
- 25 May 2026, 06:56 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Aug 2026, 10:26 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 26 Jul 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-048324- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a261Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: TCS TAP eSourcing
Access & registration note: Free
- Submission deadline
- 6 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Supplier Self Registration (British Council MyProcurement): tap.tcsapps.com/tap2/ ↗ Public Tender (British Council MyProcurement): tap.tcsapps.com/tap2sup/ ↗
Timeline
25 May 2026 → 8 Sept 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published151 days ago25 May 2026, 06:56 BST
- Submission deadline109 days ago6 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by89 days ago26 Jul 2026, 00:59 BST
- Contract starts83 days ago1 Aug 2026
- Assessment summaries sent72 days ago12 Aug 2026
- Latest notice published59 days ago25 Aug 2026, 10:26 BST
- Standstill ends45 days ago8 Sept 2026, 00:59 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 May 2026- Tender notice published25 May 2026, 06:56 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published25 Aug 2026, 10:26 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete25 Aug 2026, 10:26 BST
- Contract signature expected26 Sept 2026, 00:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £600,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 77 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony Sign1 Oct 2026 – 1 Oct 2028 · up to 1 Oct 2030Extensions: two years extension | £600,000 inc. VAT | 12 Aug 2026standstill to 8 Sept 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7final-stage tenders | 7 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Harmony SignAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender