Notice Information
Notice Title
ITT-South Africa Exam Venues Phase 2
Notice Description
The British Council South Africa Exams is the conducts IELTS exams across South Africa. We are catering around 14 000 candidates per annum for which we require Exam Venues across South Africa. We require exam venues in the category of schools, colleges, institute and /universities, in the enlisted cities / locations. If your venue is in these areas, you are requested to submit a response
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Extension up to 12 months based on successful Readiness Audit done at least 1 month before initial contract expiry
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05e3d6
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051746-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
-
- CPV Codes
55100000 - Hotel services
55120000 - Hotel meeting and conference services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £217,391 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £217,391 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- £400,000 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Jun 20263 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 15 Dec 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 14 May 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- 16 Jun 2026 - 31 May 2029 2-3 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
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
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/051746-2026
2nd June 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074991-2025
18th November 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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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