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title: "2022_Edu - Online employability, career and professional development training for Alumni UK"
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# 2022_Edu - Online employability, career and professional development training for Alumni UK

Buyer: BRITISH COUNCIL(THE)  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-008db121-171b-45d0-a023-f4f5f57c5806

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## Summary

The British Council has awarded a contract for the provision of online employability, career, and professional development training for their global alumni programme 'Alumni UK'. The contract, titled "2022_Edu - Online employability, career and professional development training for Alumni UK", falls under the Education and Training Services category. The total contract value is £93,839 GBP. The procurement method used was an open procedure below the threshold with a tender closing date of September 8, 2022, and a contract period from September 23, 2022, to June 2, 2023.

This opportunity presents a chance for businesses, especially those offering online training services, to engage with a prestigious organisation like the British Council and reach a large global audience of international UK alumni. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with experience in delivering similar training programmes tailored to diverse audiences would be well-suited to compete for this contract. Interested parties must register on the British Council's e-Tendering portal In-Tend to participate in the tender process and provide the required 'means of proof' as outlined in the Request for Proposals (RFP).

## Notice

The British Council is looking for a supplier who can design, co-ordinate and deliver a range of employability, career and professional development online training for a target audience of international UK alumni. This training will form an important part of the British Council's new global alumni programme 'Alumni UK'. Alumni UK aims to create an engaged network of 150,000 international UK alumni by 2025. The British Council will engage these alumni through offering a range of useful resources which includes employability, career and professional development training. Alumni UK has a bespoke online hub and will promote all the training to our international UK alumni network online via our hub. When joining Alumni UK (which is free for everyone who is eligible) individuals will gain access to career and learning resources, training, opportunities, and exclusive online and face to face events. Alumni UK is currently in its pilot stage and has close to 10,000 alumni registered from across 100 countries. Over the next six months we expect to see over 20,000 individuals register for Alumni UK. The programme has been designed based upon market research with the target audience, which clearly identified a desire from alumni, for the British Council to support them across their careers. All the training will be delivered online to reach our global audience. There will be a limited number of spaces for each training session and offer these will be offered on a first come, first served basis. All the training should be designed and developed with the Alumni UK target audience in mind, international UK alumni. Within this broad group there are three sub-groups, early career international UK alumni, mid-career international UK alumni and senior leaders who are international UK alumni. Alumni UK has 14 focus countries which we would expect the training to be relevant and tailored to, these countries are, Mexico, Brazil, Nigeria, Germany, France, China, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Egypt, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and India. Additional information: Bidders should register on the British Council's e-Tendering portal In-Tend https://in-tendhost.co.uk/britishcouncil/aspx/Home in order to take part in the tender process. Once registered, bidders must log-in to the website where they can view the project and access the bidders pack and submit their return. Bidders will also be required to demonstrate their capability and 'means of proof' will be required. These conditions are outlined in the RFP.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/faf49aef-5d6c-4972-9c14-970a1b1d6090 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 4 Jan 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 8 Sep 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 19 Oct 2022 |
| Contract period | 19 Oct 2022 - 2 Jun 2023 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £100,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £93,839 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | BRITISH COUNCIL(THE) |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | East London |
| Postcode | E20 1JQ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI41 Hackney and Newham |
| Local authority | Newham |
| Electoral ward | Stratford Olympic Park |
| Westminster constituency | Stratford and Bow |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | HANOVER TALENT SOLUTIONS (TRADING AS CITY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 4 Jan 2023 at 13:32 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/faf49aef-5d6c-4972-9c14-970a1b1d6090
- 10 Aug 2022 at 08:12 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/229ec30d-2202-47d5-a742-0c2d64a37064

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/faf49aef-5d6c-4972-9c14-970a1b1d6090
  4th January 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/229ec30d-2202-47d5-a742-0c2d64a37064
  10th August 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/britishcouncil/aspx/Home

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