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Global Event Management Platform

British Council

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27 Aug 2026 at 13:51

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The British Council procured a global event management platform as a service. The platform is intended to support in-person, hybrid and virtual events, together with webinars, across multiple countries and departments. Its purpose is to standardise event management and reduce fragmentation between existing tools and processes. The requirement covers event services and cultural event organisation services. Delivery applies across the United Kingdom, supporting the British Council’s international and departmental event activity. The buyer is the British Council, a public authority based in London. The contract covers a single requirement rather than separate service packages, so suppliers would need to provide an integrated platform capable of supporting varied event formats and organisational users.

The procurement has been awarded and the contract is active. It was run as a below-threshold limited competition. Cvent Europe, Ltd. was awarded the contract on 31 March 2026. The contract runs from 31 March 2026 to 30 March 2027, with an option to extend by up to three additional years in annual increments, subject to annual review; the maximum extension date is 30 March 2030. Its value is £152,304 excluding VAT, or £182,765 including VAT. The tender and its single lot are complete. The award covers the full global event management platform requirement. The published procurement data does not set out an award scoring basis or supplier eligibility requirements.

This award demonstrates demand from the British Council for a single, enterprise-scale event technology service rather than isolated event support. A credible future competitor would need a mature platform that handles in-person, hybrid and virtual events and webinars within one environment, with functionality usable across countries and multiple departments. The service would need to help standardise workflows, reduce duplicated tools and processes, and support consistent event management at organisational scale. Relevant suppliers are likely to be established event-technology providers with the capacity to deliver and support a large, multi-department public-sector customer, manage varied event formats, and provide dependable service across the United Kingdom and international operations. Experience consolidating fragmented event systems would strengthen a supplier’s position.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Global Event Management Platform

Notice Description

We are looking for a single event management platform that can support the delivery of in-person, hybrid and virtual events as well as webinars across multiple countries and departments, and can help us standardise the event management process and reduce the current fragmentation of tools and processes.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ed9c
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081774-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - limited competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79952000 - Event services

79952100 - Cultural event organisation services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£152,304 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
27 Aug 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
British Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
E20 1JQ
Postcode Area
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

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

CVENT EUROPE LTD

Further Information

Notice Documents

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