Notice Information
Notice Title
Consultancy services in Gender Equality under Framework Agreement for Associate Advisors
Notice Description
Gender equality is an important area of work for the British Council and we are being increasingly called upon to demonstrate the impact our work is making to this area by funders, donors and partners. In close consultation with the British Council's Gender Equality Team, the Associate Gender Advisers will provide additional technical input and support across a broad range of areas of activity, including business development, programme design, programme delivery, research, and capacity building strategy. The scope of activity will include both our contract pursuit(from bi-and multi-lateral donors, including the FCO, DFID and the EU across a range of regions) and our 'core grant- funded' and partnership work.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05865a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069349-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large, SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
-
- CPV Codes
73210000 - Research consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,400,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £2,400,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £2,400,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 29 Oct 20251 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 9 Sep 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 28 Oct 20252 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 14 Nov 2025 - 3 Oct 2033 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BRITISH COUNCIL(THE)
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Joshua Damsell
- Contact Email
- joshua.damsell@britishcouncil.org
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- E20 1JQ
- Post Town
- East London
- 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
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069349-2025
29th October 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/049401-2025
18th August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/048116-2025
12th August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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