Official UK procurement notice
Content Marketing Framework to British Council Marketing and Communications Team in the Asia and Pacific Region
Authority: British Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTheBritishCouncilistenderingforthedevelopmentofacontentmarketingframeworkfortheMarketingandCommunicationsfunctionoftheorganisationintheAsiaandPacificRegion(APAC).TheBritishCouncilenvisagethecontentmarketingframeworkwillbeorganisedintothree(3)lotsasfollows:1.Lot1:One(1)contentmarketingagencyonaframeworkagreementforlocationsinAPACincludingIndia,SriLanka,Bangladesh,Nepal,Pakistan,Singapore,Malaysia,Indonesia,Thailand,Vietnam,Myanmar,thePhilippines,Australia,NewZealand,HongKong,Taiwan,SouthKoreaandJapan.Thisisthecurrentpictureandmaybesubjecttochange.2.Lot2:One(1)agencyonaframeworkagreementforvideoproduction,editingandadaptationinlocationsincludingIndia,SriLanka,Bangladesh,Nepal,Pakistan,Singapore,Malaysia,Indonesia,Thailand,Vietnam,Myanmar,thePhilippines,Australia,NewZealand,China,HongKong,Taiwan,SouthKoreaandJapan.Thisisthecurrentpictureandmaybesubjecttochange.3.Lot3:One(1)contentmarketingagencyonaframeworkagreementforChina.
CPV: Marketing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£670,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (1)
- Overall best score: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
- Overall best score: 4maincriteriatobeevaluated
- Price carries 100 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Content Marketing Framework to British Council Marketing and…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 7 Jul 2025, 08:48 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Jul 2025, 08:48 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 17 Nov 2025
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-037622- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area in notice
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055994Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 5 Sept 2025, 00:59 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 22 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
7 Jul 2025 → 1 Dec 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published7 Jul 2025, 08:48 BST
- Clarification questions by22 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown5 Sept 2025, 00:59 BST
- Award decision expected by345 days ago17 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts332 days ago1 Dec 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published7 Jul 2025, 08:48 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender