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Published 21 Nov 2025, 09:35 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

JK16ARTS112025 - Event Management services for WOW 2026

Official notice

Authority: British Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow threshold
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery listed: Pakistan (PK)
Published estimate£36,000£45,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 10 Dec 2025
Contract term 3 moends 1 Apr 2026 · starts 20 Dec 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

WOW, the Women of the World Festival in Pakistan, is being organised in partnership with curating partners and will be delivered in Karachi on 24 and 25 of January 2026. This will be the tenth festival in Pakistan and is of great significance and takes place in an environment of great socio-political and economic uncertainty in Pakistan. The theme for the 10 years is “Das-Tak” (a play on words in Urdu which mean “Till Ten” and also “Knock into the future”.

CPV: Event services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 3 moPublished value£36,000
Contract period: 20 Dec 2025 – 1 Apr 2026 (3 mo)Value: £36,000 exc. VAT · £45,000 inc. VAT
Delivery listed: Pakistan (PK)
79952000 Event services

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Quality: 35%
  • Methodology and Approach: 25%
  • Commercial: 40%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality: Please fill and submit annex 2 - supplier response
  • Methodology and Approach: Please fill and submit annex 2 - supplier response
  • Commercial: Please fill and submit annex 3 - Pricing Approach
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
21 Nov 2025, 09:35 GMT
Last source update
21 Nov 2025, 09:35 GMT
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-075888
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Event services
Delivery area in notice
Pakistan (PK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e5fb Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: TCS TAP eSourcing
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free
Submission deadline
10 Dec 2025, 18:59 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

tap.tcsapps.com/tap2/ ↗

Timeline

21 Nov 2025 → 20 Dec 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Tender notice published342 days ago
    21 Nov 2025, 09:35 GMT
  2. Submission deadline323 days ago
    10 Dec 2025, 18:59 GMT
  3. Contract starts313 days ago
    20 Dec 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    21 Nov 2025, 09:35 GMT
    UK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

British Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PHTN-1551-GCQH 1 Redman Place, London, London, E20 1JQContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender