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title: "Global Event Management Platform"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06ed9c"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "British Council"
published: "2026-08-27"
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# Global Event Management Platform

Buyer: British Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06ed9c

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081774-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 27 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £152,304 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | British Council |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | 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 | CVENT EUROPE LTD |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79952000 - Event services
- 79952100 - Cultural event organisation services

## Release History

- 27 Aug 2026 at 13:51 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081774-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081774-2026
  27th August 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.britishcouncil.org
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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