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UK_1552- Business Continuity Platform

British Council

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30 Oct 2026 at 10:41

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Summary of the contracting process

The British Council is seeking a single supplier for a business continuity management system (BCMS), a software platform to bring its business continuity programme into one environment. It must provide templates and staff guidance for business impact assessments and continuity plans; hold governance documents; support training, exercises and tracking of resulting actions; assist incident management and emergency communications; and bring compliance and administrative tasks together. The system is intended to improve coordination, clarify roles and responsibilities, and strengthen staff engagement in organisational resilience. The procurement is led by the British Council. The work concerns a digital system for the organisation’s corporate services and country teams; no physical delivery location is identified.

The British Council invited offers through an open competitive flexible procedure. The process reached tender. The enquiry deadline was 10 November 2026 at 23:59 UTC, and the submission deadline was 24 November 2026 at 12:00 UTC. The contract was scheduled to start on 1 February 2027 and run for one year, with three possible one-year extensions at the British Council’s discretion, giving a maximum term to 31 January 2031. The stated gross value is £207,000. There is one lot. The award basis is quality; the detailed criteria are set out in the tender documents. The award decision was scheduled by 11 January 2027 at 23:59 UTC. Submissions may be made electronically in English.

This requirement is suited to suppliers with an established business continuity management platform that can support an organisation operating across corporate services and country teams. Relevant capabilities include configurable business impact assessment and continuity-plan templates, clear user guidance, document and governance management, training and exercise workflows, action tracking, incident management and emergency information sharing. Suppliers should be able to show that the platform can consolidate administrative and compliance activity and support consistent processes across teams, while helping users understand their responsibilities. The British Council indicates that small and medium-sized businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises are suitable to participate. The requirement is for one supplier and calls for an integrated system rather than separate tools for each element of the continuity programme.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

UK_1552- Business Continuity Platform

Notice Description

The procurement of a Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) will enable a more integrated and automated approach to managing the Business Continuity Management program of the British Council, by supporting corporate services and countries with standardised templates of key documentation (Business Impact Assessment, Business Continuity Plans, Training, Exercising, Response Arrangements), and built-in guidance, as well as analysis of plans and dependencies. The overall goal of this project is to provide a single system in which all BC governance, framework, incident report, exercises etc... will be featured and to clarifies roles and responsibilities within the BC program as well as increase staff's overall engagement in organisational resilience. For this system to be successfully integrated within the British Council's operating environment, the SS&C team will need a single supplier to deliver the following requirements: - Provide clear and easy to navigate business impact analysis, and business continuity plan templates (and accompanying guidance for staff who require additional support during yearly updates) - Act as a repository for all governance documentation of the business continuity program - Contain a training and exercising module, supporting the delivery of plan testing, and ensuring that identifies learning are allocated to relevant staff, actioned, and implemented. - Support the SS&C team's incident management delivery and information dissemination when dealing with emergencies - Support compliance and documentation return and concentrate all BC administrative tasks into one environment

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: The Contract awarded will be for a duration of 1 year with an option for an extension for up to an additional 3 years at the British Council's discretion, this will be offered in the form of 1 year extensions each time (1+1+1+1).

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-079467
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103054-2026
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK4 - Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

CPV Codes

48500000 - Communication and multimedia software package

48800000 - Information systems and servers

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£207,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
£207,000 £100K-£500K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Oct 20263 days ago
Submission Deadline
24 Nov 20263 weeks to go
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Feb 2027 - 1 Feb 2028 1-2 years
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
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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

Further Information

Notice Documents

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