Awarded contract

Chevening and Marshall Administration Contract

Details

Buyer: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Supplier(s): BRITISH COUNCIL(THE)
Value: £16,095,575.26
Duration: 4 years
Topic: Operation of an educational centre
Published: 14 August 2023
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

This contract is for the provision of administration services for the Chevening and Marshall Scholarship programmes. The Chevening Scholarships Programme is our flagship global Scholarships programme, funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and partner organisations. Chevening Scholarships provide individuals who show potential to inspire, inform, and influence positive change, with the opportunity to study at a UK university and gain a UK educational qualification. The Marshall Scholarship Programme is our flagship US-UK Scholarships programme, providing opportunities for young Americans of high academic ability to undertake postgraduate study at a British University and receive a British University degree.  The Marshall Scholarship Programme and the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission (MACC) were created by the 1953 Marshall Aid Commemoration Act. The MACC is an Arms-Length Body, sponsored by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), and provides oversight in accordance with a Framework Agreement.

Timeline

Completed: Award published14 August 2023
Current notice
Completed: Award date1 September 2023
Next: Contract expiry date31 August 2027in 11 months

About the buyer

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is a ministerial department that buys through its own Commercial Directorate. Every procurement runs on Jaggaer, the department's eSourcing portal, where suppliers register to bid. Opportunities and awards are published on Contracts Finder, and bids above threshold need Central Digital Platform registration. A commercial pipeline is updated every quarter. Four category teams cover programme delivery, estates and security, digital and technology, and corporate services. The department runs its own frameworks, such as the Global Development Delivery Framework, and dynamic purchasing systems for construction and global facilities management.

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

Over the past 5 years, most of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's contract awards have been in business services, transport equipment and construction work.

Relevant CPV codes

80490000 · Operation of an educational centre

Decision makers

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