British Council tenders, awards, and pre-procurement notices.

British Council has 11 open tenders and 440 awarded contracts on Stotles. Its activity spans Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, Education and training services and IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support. It is the 8th largest buyer in North West England by recent notice volume. Over the last five years it has awarded 305 contracts worth £278.2m.

About British Council

British Council is a UK charity that buys as a central government non-departmental public body sponsored by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Cultural relations, English teaching and exams are delivered in more than 200 countries and territories. Tenders run through the In-Tend e-tendering portal, where suppliers register online, view opportunities, express interest and submit bids. Specialist frameworks, including the DICE framework for creative economy services, sit alongside individual tender competitions. Income beyond the FCDO grant comes from teaching, exams and commercial contracts. Purchase orders and standard terms and conditions govern contracts once awarded.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of British Council's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and hotel, catering and retail.

Recent notices from British Council

Browse open tenders, awarded contracts, and pre-procurement documents from British Council. Click on any notice to view more details.

  • Closed tender

    Printing and Advertising Services for Qatar office

    British Council—Closing 31 August 2021
  • Closed tender

    UK_2021_TUR_Training for Teaching and Learning Centres Excellence Project

    British Council—Closing 6 September 2021
  • Closed tender

    Computer-delivered (CD) and Paper-based (PB) IELTS delivery in the UK and Ireland

    British Council—Closing 6 September 2021
  • Closed tender

    Participatory Research, Analysis and Mapping – Digital MAPS

    British Council£250,000Closing 28 August 2021
  • Closed tender

    UK_2021_E&S_training delivery services for the British Council Researcher Connect programme

    British Council—Closing 24 August 2021
  • Closed tender

    UK_2021_E&E_A contract life-cycle management system for IELTS

    British Council—Closing 30 August 2021
  • British Council£28,000Closing —
  • Closed tender

    UK_2021_E&S_TVET Associate Advisers

    British Council—Closing 16 August 2021
  • British Council£527,000Closing —
  • Expired contract

    The uptake of new knowledge to improve education systems

    British Council£64,888Closing —
  • Expired contract

    Science, Perceptions and International Trust Research Project

    British Council£70,025Closing —
  • Expired contract

    UK_2021_Going Global Event Services

    British Council£21,100Closing —
  • Expired contract

    Computer-delivered IELTS delivery in the UK and Ireland

    British Council£2,400,000Closing —
  • Expired contract

    Young learners learning management system

    British Council£150,000Closing —
  • British Council£8,607,236Closing —
  • Stale Pre-tender

    UK_2021_EEL_PIN_2022 Global Evaluation Framework

    British Council£2,000,000Closing —
  • Expired contract

    Language Assistant Application Assessments and Video Application Assessments

    British Council£48,000Closing —
  • Expired contract

    Newton: Technology Transfer Capacity Building Workshops

    British Council£51,800Closing —

Top procurement categories

Categories British Council has published tenders under over the last five years.

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CategoriesCountValue
  1. Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
    438
    £509.1m
  2. Education and training services
    162
    £125.8m
  3. IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
    147
    £318.6m
  4. Research and development services and related consultancy services
    94
    £26.7m
  5. Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
    63
    £10.4m
  6. Software package and information systems
    59
    £91.5m
  7. Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
    34
    £62.8m
  8. Financial and insurance services
    32
    £172.9m
  9. Real estate services
    30
    £10.8m
  10. Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
    27
    £8.8m

Unlock decision-makers at British Council

Get direct contact details for senior stakeholders at British Council so you can get your business in front of the people who actually sign off on contracts.

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