Official UK procurement notice
Purchase of Man Guarding Services and Cash collection for Qatar Office
Authority: British Council (Local council)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£460,504≈ £230k / year · £483,529 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 17 Jul 2026
Contract term 2 yrsends 1 Oct 2028 · up to 1 Aug 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Oct 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Man guarding and cash collection services for Qatar operations
- How the procedure runs: 1
CPV: Security services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£460,504
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 60%
- Commercial: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: Comprises of Social value, quality and Methodology and approach
- Commercial : 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
- Competitive flexible 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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Jun 2026, 11:20 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Jun 2026, 11:20 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Sept 2026
- Authority reference
MENA-1-489- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-056531- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b5b5Find a Tender
- How it runs
1
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: TCS TAP eSourcing
Access & registration note: Free
- Submission deadline
- 17 Jul 2026, 18:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 30 Jun 2026, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Supplier Self Registration (British Council MyProcurement): tap.tcsapps.com/tap2/ ↗ Public Tender (British Council MyProcurement): tap.tcsapps.com/tap2sup/ ↗
Timeline
16 Jun 2026 → 1 Oct 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published135 days ago16 Jun 2026, 11:20 BST
- Clarification questions by120 days ago30 Jun 2026, 15:00 BST
- Submission deadline103 days ago17 Jul 2026, 18:00 BST
- Award decision expected by43 days ago16 Sept 2026, 00:59 BST
- Contract starts28 days ago1 Oct 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published16 Jun 2026, 11:20 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