Official UK procurement notice
UK_1508- Global colleague experience platform
Authority: British Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe British Council is seeking a single strategic partner to provide a colleague experience platform and associated services for approximately 8,500 colleagues in more than 100 countries.
The British Council is looking for more than survey technology. It requires a mature, scalable platform that brings together listening, insight and action. The platform should help leaders, managers and teams understand what shapes colleague experience, act on it as part of day-to-day work, and see whether their actions are making a difference. Insight and action will take place at every level, from the whole organisation to individual teams.
The organisation's operating model will develop over time. The solution should support different approaches to access, governance and action, involving leaders, managers, local teams and People Function colleagues. Suppliers should explain the approaches they support and any pricing implications.
CPV: Survey services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£207,000
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How this buyer will score bids.
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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).
- Award Criteria: Please consult tender documentation for award criteria.
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £411,744 (twice the annual value).
Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How British Council buys Market research services (CPV 7931), and who usually turns up
British Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Market research services (CPV 7931) →
How the contest usually goes
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Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 32 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid4% / 16%
2–342% / 16%
4–638% / 21%
7+15% / 47%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate23% / 50%
Within ±2%46% / 41%
Above estimate31% / 9%
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1CPV 7931Published estimate£207k
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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1 bid5%
2–319%
4–635%
7+41%
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Where the award price may land.
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Based on 55 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£186k–£207k
Estimate£207k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Engine Partners UK LLPWorked for this buyer | 2023_Global - Think Customernotice published Jul 2023 | Realising business performance through customer centricity. | — | Similar wording and category |
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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DeloitteLarge | £277m111 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 25 live · £237m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 3% below n=14 |
| £24m43 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 18 live · £15m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=10 | |
Efficio LtdLarge | £9.6m13 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 4 live · £7.7m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 10% above n=1 |
| £1.2m27 awards in 36m · last this month | 8 live · £3.5m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £1.0m25 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 9 live · £343k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 3% below n=3 |
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.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- 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
- 26 Oct 2026, 14:55 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Oct 2026, 14:55 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 11 Jan 2027
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-101111- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-079059Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via TCS TAP eSourcing- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 23 Nov 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 9 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
First time registration, remains the same: tap.tcsapps.com/tap2/ ↗
To access once the supplier has been registered, this one has changed: tap.tcsapps.com/tap2/ ↗
Timeline
26 Oct 2026 → 1 Mar 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published24h ago26 Oct 2026, 14:55 GMT
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 13 days9 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 26 days23 Nov 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 76 days11 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 124 days1 Mar 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published26 Oct 2026, 14:55 GMTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications First time registration, remains the same: https://tap.tcsapps.com/tap2/#/bc-supplier-registration To access once the supplier has been registered, this one has changed: https://tap.tcsapps.com/tap2/#/login-supplier?tenant=BritishCouncil&langCd=en
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender