British Council tenders, awards, and pre-procurement notices.
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. 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.
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.
- Open tender
CPF Digital Project Evaluation
- Open tender
Malaysia Penang Centre Regear and Refit
- Open tender
Ground Transportation Framework for UK
- Open tender
2024 DPS for PTPs - Americas
What British Council buys
See a list of British Council's top procurement categories by notice volume over the last five years.
- Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security440£509.7m
- Education and training services162£125.8m
- IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support144£281.9m
- Research and development services and related consultancy services97£26.9m
- Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services63£10.4m
- Software package and information systems59£92.8m
- Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services34£63.1m
- Financial and insurance services33£173.1m
- Real estate services29£10.8m
- 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.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@british-council.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@british-council.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@british-council.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@british-council.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@british-council.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@british-council.gov |
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