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title: "UK_1552- Business Continuity Platform"
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# UK_1552- Business Continuity Platform

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uk-1552-business-continuity-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-079467). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** British Council: "UK_1552- Business Continuity Platform". Published status: active. Published Value: £207,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 24 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: tap.tcsapps.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (open for submissions, 25 days left when this document was generated)
- **Buyer:** [British Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/british-council-gov-ot313)
- **Published Value:** £207,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 24 November 2026 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Communication and multimedia software package, Information systems and servers
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uk-1552-business-continuity-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-079467#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-079467`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uk-1552-business-continuity-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-079467#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [tap.tcsapps.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftap.tcsapps.com%2Ftap2%2F%23%2Fbc-supplier-registration)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uk-1552-business-continuity-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-079467#participate

## Description
The procurement of a Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) will enable a more integrated and automated approach to managing the Business Continuity Management program of the British Council, by supporting corporate services and countries with standardised templates of key documentation (Business Impact Assessment, Business Continuity Plans, Training, Exercising, Response Arrangements), and built-in guidance, as well as analysis of plans and dependencies. 
The overall goal of this project is to provide a single system in which all BC governance, framework, incident report, exercises etc... will be featured and to clarifies roles and responsibilities within the BC program as well as increase staff's overall engagement in organisational resilience. 
For this system to be successfully integrated within the British Council's operating environment, the SS&C team will need a single supplier to deliver the following requirements:
-	Provide clear and easy to navigate business impact analysis, and business continuity plan templates (and accompanying guidance for staff who require additional support during yearly updates)
-	Act as a repository for all governance documentation of the business continuity program 
-	Contain a training and exercising module, supporting the delivery of plan testing, and ensuring that identifies learning are allocated to relevant staff, actioned, and implemented.
-	Support the SS&C team's incident management delivery and information dissemination when dealing with emergencies 
-	Support compliance and documentation return and concentrate all BC administrative tasks into one environment

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 48500000, 48800000

- **Estimated Value:** £207,000

- **Contract Period:** 01/02/2027 to 01/02/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F103054-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-30T10:41:59.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-31T00:47:22.689Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-079467