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British Council: public contracts and tenders

British Council awarded 229 public contracts worth €224.6M where a value is stated since 2025-03-07; the hotel, catering and retail services contract held by American University Baghdad ends on 2026-10-31 (end date stated). Source: Arcadium Data, data as of .

Contract awards229
Awarded value (stated)€224.6M
Suppliers named246
Ending in 18 months100
Open calls now7
Calls for tender402
First award2025-03-07
Latest award2026-10-22

Awarded value = the award values the notices state (EUR at the notice date), 195 of 229 awards; framework agreements (a ceiling, not spend) and implausible values are left out.

Buyer

FieldValue
NameBritish Council
CountryUnited Kingdom
Buyer typeSub-central government authority
CityLondon
SourcesUK Contracts Finder, UK Find a Tender

Top suppliers

SupplierRegistry numberWebsiteAwardsValue won alone
Beijing Foreign Enterprise Human Resources Service Co., Ltd.2€56,209
BURNS OWENS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED2n/a
Caminos SAS2n/a
Culture Counts Australia Pty Ltd2n/a
CVENT EUROPE LTD2€353k
ECCTIS LIMITED2n/a
EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CONSULT LIMITED2€71,217
EVALUESERVE UK LTD2n/a
Genera2n/a
Guru Online Hong Kong Limited2€34,292
LSE ENTERPRISE LTD2n/a
Norwich Institute for Language Education (NILE)2€98,350
REHABICEN, SA2€400k
REVA Solutions2€146k
RI&B for construction and development2€11,967

Suppliers named on British Council's award notices (the top 15 of 246); registry number and website where the supplier is linked to its register entry. Winners that could be a private person are withheld.

Contracts ending in the next 18 months

EndsContractCurrent holderValueEnd date basis
2026-10-31Agreement for the Partner Testing Point in IraqAmerican University Baghdad€120kend date stated
2026-11-09Discovery & Rapid Resourcing Marketing AgencyOLIVER MARKETING LIMITED€247kend date stated
2026-11-30AM_867 Reserach into Public Upper Secondary Education in Mexico€127kend date stated
2026-11-30AM_867 Diagnóstico y propuesta para la mejora de la enseñanza y aprendizaje del idioma inglés en el nivel med…Creadores de Contenidos Educativos SA de CV€126kend date stated
2026-12-09AM_1022€31,719end date stated
2026-12-15Agreement for purchase of professional or consultancy servicesBlumenfeld Pictures, LTD.€40,787end date stated
2026-12-31Venue - All Products ADEIT 2026FUNDACIÓN UNIVERSIDAD-EMPRESA DE VALENCIA€56,200end date stated
2026-12-31PBT Venue Hire AgreementLandmark Food And Beverage Co., Ltd.€50,947end date stated
2026-12-31EU_1465 - SSJ Tetris Arquitectura - MO move€380kend date stated
2026-12-31EU_1465 - SSJ Tetris Arquitectura - MO moveJONES LANG LASALLE SERVICES LIMITED€325kend date stated
2026-12-31Procurement of All-in-One-Computers - Qatar€39,915end date stated
2027-01-06AM_1112€53,057end date stated
2027-01-26Mexico Donataria Specialist Consultant€9,881end date stated
2027-02-15Contrato de Arrendamiento_ITJ Santa Mónica 2026High School Thomas Jefferson€59,706end date stated
2027-02-17Creative Economy Consultancy Services in the Western BalkanCREATIVE ECONOMY TEAM LTD€192kend date stated
2027-02-28WE_1524_Uzbekistan 30th Anniversary Exhibition Services, TashkentBonum Factum LLC€45,678end date stated
2027-02-28Study UK Education Week & Alumni UK Connect seriesINDOCHINA HERITAGE TRAVEL SERVICES COMPANY LIMITEDn/aend date stated
2027-03-02UK-ASEAN 5th Anniversary ExhibitionNavig8€50,268end date stated
2027-03-03Agreement Addendum with R3R3 Management Consulting (Beijing) Co., Ltd.€62,934end date stated
2027-03-30Global Event Management PlatformCVENT EUROPE LTD€175kend date stated
2027-03-30Global Event Management PlatformCvent Europe, Ltd.€178kend date stated
2027-03-31Agreement for the purchase of books for Taiwan Teaching Centre€51,705end date stated
2027-03-31Hong Kong SCR Rightsizing ProjectK W Nelson Interior Design & Contracting Ltd.€559kend date stated
2027-04-13Partial Design, Supply and Install of Specialist Mobile and Static Racking Systems for Art CollectionBRUYNZEEL STORAGE SYSTEMS LIMITED€489kend date stated
2027-04-30Amendment Contract北京致趣科技有限公司€43,747end date stated

End dates checked against the official notice: 99% right (n=100, 95% CI 94%-100%, 2026-10-26; method).

Award notices of British Council whose contract period ends in the next 18 months: the end date the notice states, else its start or signature date plus the stated duration. 100 contracts (the 25 soonest shown); a framework's value is a ceiling and is not shown.

Open calls for tender

Calls with a deadline of 2026-10-27 or later (not awarded yet).

Spend by sector (CPV divisions)

SectorCPVAwardsAwarded value
Business services7955€183.6M
Education and training8015€2.1M
Hotel, catering and retail services5512€751k
Real estate services7012€1.7M
IT services7212€1.1M
Research and development7312€727k
Software packages and information systems485€3.9M
Transport support and travel services634€3.8M
Transport services603€628k
Waste, cleaning and environmental services903€1.9M
Printed matter222€121k
Office and computing equipment302€39,897

Award notices with a named winner, by the main CPV code; value = the total the notices state, in EUR at the notice date; framework agreements (a ceiling, not spend) and implausible values are left out.

Recent awards

PublishedContractWinnersValue
2026-10-22UK_1407- Welsh Translation FrameworkBilingual Cardiff - Cardiff Council, BLA TRANSLATION LIMITED, TROSOL LTD.n/a
2026-10-22UK_1003 Global Evaluation Framework Retender 2026BURNS OWENS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED, Culture Counts Australia Pty Ltd, ECCTIS LIMITEDn/a
2026-10-21Study UK Education Week & Alumni UK Connect seriesINDOCHINA HERITAGE TRAVEL SERVICES COMPANY LIMITEDn/a
2026-10-19Hong Kong SCR Rightsizing ProjectK W Nelson Interior Design & Contracting Ltd.€559k
2026-10-15Philippine e-Invoicing Middleware Solution for BIR Integration and EIS ComplianceTaxilla IT Solutions Private Limited€28,540
2026-10-13UK_1412 – Evaluating the strategic and economic return of international artist-led innovationHuman Economics Limited€62,075
2026-10-07Provision of Catering Services for the English and School Education (ESE) Programme across MoroccoFouz Services Sarl Au€573k
2026-10-05UK-ASEAN 5th Anniversary ExhibitionNavig8€50,268
2026-10-05UK_1498- Arts Content AgencyCULTURESHOCK MEDIA LIMITED€247k
2026-10-05Agreement for the purchase of Prepaid Airtime and Data supply - South AfricaPrepaid24 Pty Ltd€41,239

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Sources: UK Contracts Finder, UK Find a Tender, read through their open-data feeds without logging in. Buyer = contracting authority as named on the notice; notices are grouped by the normalised name and country.

Source: Arcadium Data tenders database, 3,811,022 official public procurement notices from EU TED, UK Find a Tender, UK Contracts Finder and national procurement boards, read through their open-data services (no logins). Winners that could be a private person (sole traders) are withheld; buyers are public bodies. Data as of 2026-10-27.

Questions

How many public contracts has British Council awarded?

British Council published 229 contract award notices between 2025-03-07 and 2026-10-22; the 195 that state a value add up to €224.6M (official notices, as of 2026-10-27).

Who are British Council's biggest suppliers?

By contract awards: Beijing Foreign Enterprise Human Resources Service Co., Ltd. (2), BURNS OWENS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED (2) and Caminos SAS (2) (as of 2026-10-27). Winners that could be a private person are not named.

Which British Council contracts end soon?

100 contracts awarded by British Council end in the next 18 months. The soonest with a named holder is the hotel, catering and retail services contract held by American University Baghdad, ending on 2026-10-31 (end date stated) (as of 2026-10-27).

Does British Council have open tenders now?

Yes: 7 calls for tender from British Council are open today (deadline 2026-10-27 or later) (as of 2026-10-27).

What does British Council buy?

Most of British Council's awards are in Business services (CPV 79) (55), Education and training (CPV 80) (15) and Hotel, catering and retail services (CPV 55) (12) (as of 2026-10-27).

Cite as: Arcadium Data, "British Council tenders and contracts: 229 awards, suppliers, contracts ending", https://arcadiumdata.io/tenders/buyers/british-council-gb/, data as of 2026-10-27.