Notice Information
Notice Title
2024_SSA_Payment Solution Provider British Council Sub Sahara Africa
Notice Description
British Council works across a range of areas delivering large scale contracts, partnership programmes, examinations, projects as well as services in Arts, Education and Society and English and Exams. Having an online payments facility would improve our customer satisfaction as they will be able to make payments for Teaching and Exams services with greater ease. The purpose and scope of this ITT and supporting documents is to explain in further detail the requirements of the British Council and the procurement process for submitting a tender proposal. This invitation to tender (ITT) seeks to obtain the most effective and efficient Payment service provider for the British Council Sub-Saharan Africa (British Council, SSA).
Lot Information
Lot 1
The British Council in its work across a range of areas delivering large scale contracts, partnership programmes, examinations, projects as well as services in Arts, Education & Society and English and Exams, requires an online payments facility would improve our customer satisfaction as they will be able to make payments for Teaching & Exams services with greater ease. This is a notification of invitation to tender (ITT) seeking to obtain the most effective and efficient Payment service provider for the British Council Sub-Saharan Africa (British Council, SSA).
Renewal: Contract term of 3 Years with an option to extend for one additional year
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-043642
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003321-2024
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
66 - Financial and insurance services
-
- CPV Codes
66115000 - International payment transfer services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- £15,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 1 Feb 20242 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 20 Feb 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BRITISH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Edward Wright
- Contact Email
- edward.wright@ng.britishcouncil.org
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LAGOS
- Postcode
- N/A
- Post Town
- Not specified
- Country
- Not specified
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- Not specified
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- Not specified
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- Not specified
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Not specified
- Electoral Ward
- Not specified
- Westminster Constituency
- Not specified
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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