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Published 22 Sept 2026, 10:56 BST

Official UK procurement notice

VENUE HIRE FOR COMPUTER AND BASED EXAMS

Authority: British Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow threshold
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: RW
Published estimate£32,696≈ £16k / year · £32,696 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 23 Sept 202621:30 BST · 20h left
Contract term 2 yrsstarts 1 Nov 2026
Bids per lot · this authority 5division 72 · n=7 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The British Council would like to formally request a proposal from organizations who is capable to provide Computer based exam Venues for location - Kigali,Rwanda

The details are provided in RFP which is provided in attachment including the other files as well for your reference.

Please provide your Proposals based on the requirement.

CPV: Computer-site planning consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1 2 yrsPublished value£32,696
Contract period: 1 Nov 2026 — 31 Oct 2028 (2 yrs)Delivery: RWTurnover guideline: ~£32,651/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£32,696 exc. VAT · £32,696 inc. VAT
72130000 Computer-site planning consultancy services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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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).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored

Based on more scores out of 100

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How British Council buys Computer-site planning consultancy services (CPV 7213) — and who usually turns up

British Council’s own published record, next to the Greater London market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Computer-site planning consultancy services (CPV 7213)

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How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

British Council

contract notices in 36 months: 42 in division 72 · 364 in all categories (9 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 72), last 36 months: 7 lots. 5 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 5) and 2 from older notices (bids received, middle 9.5).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

5division 72 · 36m · n=7 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 72), last 36 months: 7 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

0%division 72 · 36m · n=7 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 72), last 36 months: 5 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

2% belowdivision 72 · 36m · n=5 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 72), last 36 months: 6 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

14ddivision 72 · 36m · n=6 notices
Notice updates
i

How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.

Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 470 notices.

Last 24 months.

0all categories · 24m · n=470 notices
Awarded without competition
i

How often this buyer awards without a competition.

Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 72), last 36 months: 42 notices.

Last 36 months.

0%division 72 · 36m · n=42 notices
Bids per lot robust · n=7
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 7 lots on 7 contested notices · division 72, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 0%
  • 2–3 14%
  • 4–6 57%
  • 7+ 29%

Median 5 · 7 lots on 7 contested notices · division 72.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=5
i

How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 5 lot pairs · division 72, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 40%
  • Within ±2% 40%
  • Above estimate 20%

5 lot pairs · division 72.

The market · authority’s region

Greater London · Computer-site planning consultancy services (CPV 7213)

contract notices delivered in Greater London in 36 months: 710 in division 72 (313 competed, 190 route not published) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 72), last 36 months: 139 lots. 79 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 60 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

4division 72 · 36m · n=139 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 72), last 36 months: 139 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

7%division 72 · 36m · n=139 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 72), last 36 months: 69 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimatedivision 72 · 36m · n=69 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 72), last 36 months: 85 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

67ddivision 72 · 36m · n=85 notices
SME bidders
i

How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.

SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 72), last 36 months: 94 lots.

Last 36 months.

63%division 72 · 36m · n=94 lots
Winners based in the region
i

How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.

Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 72), last 36 months: 321 awards.

Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.

Last 36 months.

69%division 72 · 36m · n=321 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=139
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 139 lots on 130 contested notices · division 72, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 7%
  • 2–3 37%
  • 4–6 28%
  • 7+ 27%

Median 4 · 139 lots on 130 contested notices · division 72.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=69
i

How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 69 lot pairs · division 72, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 42%
  • Within ±2% 36%
  • Above estimate 22%

69 lot pairs · division 72.

robust · n=5
i

Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.

We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.

Based on this buyer’s own usual movement over 5 lots (division 72), applied to the £32,696 estimate on this notice.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

Awards in British Council (division 72, n=5 pairs) land a median 2% below: on this notice’s £32,696 that is about £32,075. Context for a bid, not a recommended price.
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Who you are likely to meet
i

Who you may be up against.

Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.

A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.

Suppliers on this authority’s earlier similar contracts, then suppliers with a matching track record — from published award history, not a bid list

Suppliers with a similar track record — and how they price
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Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.

Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.

A guess from the record, not a bidder list.

SupplierEvidenceLast awardTheir award vs estimateRelevance
Hotel Javson SME0 class wins · 1 lots for this buyer6 months agono comparable pairs34%
Gerrys SME0 class wins · 1 lots for this buyer6 months agono comparable pairs34%
Fortress SME0 class wins · 1 lots for this buyer6 months agono comparable pairs34%
Chapter 40 Hotel and Resorts Pvt Ltd IFQ SME0 class wins · 1 lots for this buyer6 months agono comparable pairs34%
Beach luxury SME0 class wins · 1 lots for this buyer6 months agono comparable pairs34%

Matched by the nightly worker on class wins, buyer history, delivery geography, scale and notice text; relevance is a 0–100% heuristic score, not a probability of bidding. “Their award vs estimate” is that supplier’s median on its own comparable single-supplier wins, CPV 7213 first. Nobody here is known to be bidding.

Coverage and what to read with care
  • Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Open for tender
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
22 Sept 2026, 10:56 BST
Last source update
22 Sept 2026, 10:56 BST
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Computer-site planning consultancy services
Delivery area
RW
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077731 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via TCS TAP eSourcing
Submission portal named on this notice: TCS TAP eSourcing
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free
Expression of interest (EOI)
Tender submission deadline
23 Sept 2026, 21:30 BST
Clarification deadline
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Supplier Self Registration (British Council MyProcurement): tap.tcsapps.com/tap2/ View Public Tender (British Council MyProcurement): tap.tcsapps.com/tap2sup/
Published estimate £32,696 excludes VAT (£32,696 including VAT).

Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice published1 day ago
    22 Sept 2026, 10:56 BST
  2. Submission deadlinein 1 day
    23 Sept 2026, 21:30 BST
  3. Contract startsin 39 days
    1 Nov 2026, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    22 Sept 2026, 10:56 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

British Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PHTN-1551-GCQH 1 Redman Place, London, London, E20 1JQ [email protected]

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender