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UK_811- Venice Biennale PR Consultant

Buyer: BRITISH COUNCIL(THE) →

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BuyerBRITISH COUNCIL(THE)

StatusClosed

Deadline27 Aug 2026

Value£20,000

Published24 Jul 2026

What is being bought

The annual British Council Commission for the Venice Biennale is the organisation's flagship Arts project and is accompanied by a major global media campaign. This project requires targeted support from an experienced public relations specialist, to enable us to secure senior and sector-specific expertise. The agency/PR Consultant will work as an extension of the British Council corporate communications team to ensure consistency and authoritative approach to support the artist representing the UK, maximise strategic brand benefits and mitigate risk in response to rapidly evolving project sensitivities.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive

Value£20,000

Contract periodFrom 9 Nov 2026 to 31 May 2027

SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

Item	Category	Quantity
1	Public relations services	Not published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Public relations services (79416000); 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 set	Procedures	Reported bids per procedure	Named award suppliers	Price evidence
Market: CPV division 79	9,002	4 median · 33.8 average (3,533 of 9,002 with a bid count)	3.2 average (3,963 of 9,002 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Same buyer	15	Not published	Not published	Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)	235	4 median · 4 average (1 of 235 with a bid count)	1 average (1 of 235 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

Tender notice on Find a Tender tender · tenderNotice
biddingDocuments tender · biddingDocuments

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

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Latest release ID	070139-2026
Latest release timestamp	Fri Jul 24 2026 09:46:40 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070139-2026
Tender status	active
Procurement method	open
Procurement method details	Below threshold - open competition
Main procurement category	services
Above threshold	No
Legal basis	2023/54
Tender period: start	Not published
Tender period: end	2026-08-27T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadline	Not published
Enquiry deadline	2026-07-15T23:59:00+01:00
Award period: start	Not published
Award period: end	Not published
Submission method details	https://tap.tcsapps.com/tap2/#/bc-supplier-registration
Submission languages	Not published
Electronic catalogue policy	Not published
Total tender value	£20,000
Tender lots in source	1
Tender items in source	1
Tender documents in source	2
Awards in latest release	0
Contracts in latest release	0
Parties in latest release	1

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
24 Jul 2026	tenderUpdate	070139-2026
8 Jul 2026	tender	064297-2026

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 (2 releases)

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