Published date: 2 September 2021

This notice was replaced on 15 March 2022

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Awarded contract (published 15 March 2022)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Recruitment services - 79600000

  • Security services - 79710000

  • Investigation services - 79720000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

BC/01965

Published date

2 September 2021

Closing date

8 October 2021

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

1 August 2022

Contract end date

1 August 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The British Council intends to partner with a global screening provider to undertake all background screening for British Council employees (and potentially consultants and contractors at a later date). The British Council creates international opportunities for the people of the UK and other countries and builds trust between them worldwide. We achieve this purpose through our work in the following three core areas also called Strategic Business Units (SBUs):

• Education and Society

• English and Exams

• Arts

To do this, we have offices in over 100 countries and territories around the world, which are structured into eight regions:

• Americas

• East Asia

• European Union Europe

• South Asia

• Middle East and North Africa

• Sub-Saharan Africa

• Wider Europe

• UK

Screening will be required across all these SBUs and Regions. Each SBU has slight differences in their operations which has been reflected in the screening requirements for our four risk profiles.

In Education and Society, achieving the British Council's purpose involves the international sharing of knowledge, ideas and cultural expression. It also involves the exchange of experience and expertise in social and civil development.

Within English and Exams British Council promotes more widespread and better-quality teaching, learning and assessment of English and helps people gain trusted UK qualifications as a gateway to international opportunities.

Arts aims to better understand and share cultural policy through their program. This includes work in culture and development, capacity building, including and the role culture plays in international relations.

If you are interested in expressing an interest and/or bidding for this project, please go to https://in-tendhost.co.uk/britishcouncil . You may then have to register your company before you can express an interest for this project and get access the documents.

More information

Links

Additional text

To express an interest and access the tender documents please click on the link https://in-tendhost.co.uk/britishcouncil

If you have not already registered on In-Tend, you will need to do so before you can express an interest and access the documents.

About the buyer

Contact name

Ahmed Akram

Address

58 Whitworth St
Manchester
M1 6BB
England

Email

Ahmed.akram@britishcouncil.org