British Council Procurement
Buyer summary
Over the past year, British Council* has publised 113 public procurement notices. Of these, 70 are tenders and 26 are awards. There are 65 unique titles.
The following chart shows contract value against the date of publication.
Operating locations
45 identifiable addresss were found. The main buyer location is Manchester in region North West. From published data, 2% of British Council's suppliers belong to the same region.
Buyer locations:
- Manchester - 66
- London - 47
Suppliers per region:
- London - 11
- South West - 5
- West Midlands - 4
- South East - 4
- Yorkshire and The Humber - 3
- Northern Ireland - 3
- East of England - 2
- East Midlands - 2
- Scotland - 2
- Wales - 2
- North West - 1
- Georgia - 1
- Central - 1
Pin notices
15 published pin notices.
Tender notices
57 published tender notices. (70 including duplicates.)
Award notices
21 published award notices. (26 including duplicates.)
Update notices
2 published update notices.
Popular suppliers
Below is a summary of contract awards per supplier. The table is restricted to suppliers who have also served other buyers.
| Supplier name | Region | Unique awards | Max. single award |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROFESSIONAL | |||
| Market & Opinion Research | London | 1 | £1M |
| Chichester College Group | South East | 1 | £700K |
| Pearson Education | London | 2 | £610K |
| Itad | South East | 1 | £350K |
| Lse Enterprise | London | 1 | £305K |
| Ecorys | West Midlands | 2 | £200K |
| Voluntary Service Overseas | London | 2 | £100K |
| Ambition School Leadership Trust | London | 1 | £100K |
| Curee | West Midlands | 1 | £100K |
| London Metropolitan University | London | 1 | £40K |
| FACILITY | |||
| Momart | London | 1 | £328K |
| MISCELLANEOUS | |||
| Nordicity | London | 1 | £165K |
Contract values
British Council provided financial information for 60% of its published procurement notices. The total maximum value excluding duplicates is £33M.
Notice types
The buyer publishes procurement notices in Contracts Finder and OJEU. There is a 15% duplication rate between the two portals. Below are 8 document types.
| Short type | Full type | Total published | Past 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| OJEU | |||
| tender | Tender Notice | 23 | 0 |
| award | Contract Award Notice | 16 | 2 |
| pin | Prior Information Notice | 8 | 1 |
| update | Contract Addendum Notice | 2 | 0 |
| Contracts Finder | |||
| tender | Tender Notice | 47 | 4 |
| award | Contract Award Notice | 10 | 0 |
| pin | Pre-Procuement Notice | 5 | 0 |
| pin | Pipeline Notice | 2 | 0 |
Top keywords
Keywords derive from published CPV codes.
- education and training
- software package
- evaluation consultancy
- telecommunications equipment
- information technology
- advertising and marketing
- photographic services
- management consultancy
- content management
- dedicated business telephone network
- travel management
- broadcast transmission
- research services
- data collection and collation
- computer equipment
- recruitment services
Buyer names
This report covers buyer names that begin: BRITISH COUNCIL*.
- British Council - 113
Collaborative procurement
The buyer has worked in association with other buyers.
As lead buyer to:
- None
Included in contracts by:
As a contracted supplier to:
Further information
The following websites have been found in published notices.