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BuyerBRITISH COUNCIL(THE)
StatusClosed
Deadline31 Mar 2026
Value£45,000,000
Published24 Mar 2026

What is being bought

The British Council is seeking to established a Closed framework for 4-6 suppliers, on a 2+2+2 basis. This initiative will enable the organisation to complement internal teams with external expertise, ensuring it can respond quickly to evolving business and technology demands. Through this procurement, the British Council intends to establish contractual relationships with specialist suppliers who will deliver specific statements of work, as issued through the framework award process. All professionals will remain employed and managed by the supplier(s) but will be rapidly deployed to deliver specific British Council project delivery needs. Suppliers will be expected to provide suitably qualified and experienced professionals across the following areas of expertise, including but not limited to: Software Engineering, DevOps/SRE, Quality Assurance/Testing/Engineering, Data Engineering, Business Analysis, Technical Architecture, Project Management, Scrum Master, Delivery Management.

Categories

Systems and technical consultancy services 72220000Computer support and consultancy services 72600000Computer network services 72700000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£45,000,000
Contract periodFrom 20 Jun 2026 to 19 Jun 2028
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Award criteria — ITT to confirm award criteria

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Systems and technical consultancy services, Computer support and consultancy services, Computer network servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 72. The category anchor is Systems and technical consultancy services (72220000); 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 724,2021 median · 7.9 average (1,403 of 4,202 with a bid count)1.7 average (1,618 of 4,202 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer1Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)1402 median · 11 average (3 of 140 with a bid count)4 average (3 of 140 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 agreementYes
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-05e1c5
Latest release ID026924-2026
Latest release timestampTue Mar 24 2026 15:11:09 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026924-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodselective
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadline2026-03-31T11:00:00+01:00
Enquiry deadline2026-03-18T10:00:00Z
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-06-18T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailsPlease register an account on our procurement portal and submit and questions and responses via this portal: https://tap.tcsapps.com/tap2/#/bc-supplier-registration
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£45,000,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source3
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
24 Mar 2026tenderUpdate026924-2026
3 Mar 2026tenderUpdate019127-2026
3 Mar 2026tenderUpdate019117-2026
2 Mar 2026tender018582-2026
26 Nov 2025planningUpdate077284-2025
14 Nov 2025planning074095-2025

All source data

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

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (6 releases)
24 Mar 2026 · 026924-2026 · tenderUpdate
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3 Mar 2026 · 019127-2026 · tenderUpdate
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3 Mar 2026 · 019117-2026 · tenderUpdate
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