Award

UK_260 - English and School Education Learning Management System

BRITISH COUNCIL(THE)

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TenderUpdate

15 Sep 2025 at 09:49

Award

29 Aug 2025 at 13:14

Tender

21 Nov 2024 at 14:52

Summary of the contracting process

The British Council has initiated a procurement process under an open procedure for the development and maintenance of a "UK_260 - English and School Education Learning Management System." This tender falls under the "Educational software package" category and is designated for the procurement of goods. Located in the United Kingdom, the process is currently at the tender update stage as of 15th September 2025, with prior crucial stages being the award and contract signed in June 2025. The awarded supplier is eCom Scotland Limited, with a contract value of £1,300,000. The learning management system aims to support English language teacher development programmes globally, aligning with the British Council’s objective of enhancing educational outcomes worldwide.

This tender offers significant opportunities for SMEs particularly those experienced in educational software development and e-learning systems. Businesses with expertise in delivering solutions to support massive open online courses, small private online courses, and online communities of practice would find this tender well-suited to their strengths. Engaging in this project can lead to increased business visibility and a chance to partner with a prestigious organisation like the British Council, fostering growth through long-term collaborative contracts potentially extending to six years.

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Notice Title

UK_260 - English and School Education Learning Management System

Notice Description

Learning management system with maintenance and development.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Our work in English and School Education (ESE) is driven by the British Council purpose of building trust and understanding between the people of the UK and other countries. We work with governments, ministries of education, teaching professionals, students and non-government educational organisations across the globe to improve the quality of English teaching, learning and assessment in their countries. Our work empowers young people to gain the skills, confidence and connections they are looking for to realise their potential and to participate in strong and inclusive communities. Find more information about our work, impact areas and global programmes here. In order to deliver our work globally, the British Council needs to ensure it has a fit-for-purpose learning management system (LMS). This LMS will support English and School Education activity in regions and countries to enable the delivery of high-quality English language teacher development programmes. The LMS will be used to deliver high-quality fully online or blended courses which will help the organisation achieve its aspiration of supporting education systems to improve the teaching and learning of English effectively, affordably and at scale. The LMS will support the delivery of different models of teacher development. The English and School Education EdTech Hub manages a global Learning Management System (LMS), which is used to deliver to programmatic activity in regions and countries globally. ESE is seeking an LMS that is tailored for three specific types of user engagement: 1. Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): This is open Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for individual teachers. The audience are teachers of English globally, currently over 120,000 accounts, up to 6,500 active users per month. This is part of our English Connects global programme. 2. Small Private Online Course (SPOC): This is Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for closed groups of teachers participating in local or regional projects across the network. The audience are teachers of English in countries or regions, currently up to 3,000 active users per month. This is part of our School Systems global programme (formerly English in Education). 3. Community of Practice (CoP): These are sustainable online communities of practice. The audience are teachers of English in the Wider Europe region, currently up to 5,000 accounts. This is part of our School Systems and Empowerment global programmes.

Options: The Contract awarded will be for a duration of four (4) years, with an option an additional two (2) extensions, each for one (1) year. The overall maximum contract duration could therefore be six (6) years.

Renewal: The Contract awarded will be for a duration of four (4) years, with an option an additional two (2) extensions, each for one (1) year. The overall maximum contract duration could therefore be six (6) years.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04bda9
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/056470-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

80 - Education and training services


CPV Codes

48190000 - Educational software package

80000000 - Education and training services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,700,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£1,700,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£1,300,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
15 Sep 20255 months ago
Submission Deadline
20 Dec 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
11 Jun 20258 months ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
BRITISH COUNCIL(THE)
Additional Buyers

BRITISH COUNCIL

Contact Name
Aung Thein
Contact Email
aung.thein@britishcouncil.org
Contact Phone
+44 01619577162

Buyer Location

Locality
MANCHESTER
Postcode
M1 6BB
Post Town
Manchester
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI41 Hackney and Newham
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Newham
Electoral Ward
Stratford Olympic Park
Westminster Constituency
Stratford and Bow

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

ECOM SCOTLAND LIMITE

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