Published date: 22 August 2024

Last edited date: 22 August 2024

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 23 September 2024, 10am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

E20 1JQ

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

IT-117-3607-BC/03607

Published date

22 August 2024

Closing date

23 September 2024

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

15 October 2024

Contract end date

15 October 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Researcher Connect Online is the British Council's offer to support the development of communication skills for early career researchers.

Over the last 11 years, Researcher Connect has helped early career researchers around the globe to present their research at international conferences, write in international journals, apply for funding and maximise the impact of their research by presenting it to funders, industry and the wider public.

Due to the pandemic in 2020, British Council adapted the Researcher Connect materials into an online training offer to address the ongoing demand for this high-quality training.
In 2023-24 Researcher Connect delivered 26 workshops online to 22 countries and approximately 780 early career researchers.

This Invitation to Tender has been launched to contract a pool of expert trainers who will deliver Researcher Connect Online workshops for a for a period of four years. The Trainers will be contracted under a framework agreement.

More information

Links

Additional text

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.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Shaffique Jamal

Address

1 Redman Place
Stratford
London
E20 1JQ
United Kingdom

Telephone

-

Email

Shaffique.Jamal@britishcouncil.org