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BRITISH COUNCIL(THE)

The ECHO2 Programme: Network Integration Services Procurement

Historical · ContractNo open deadline

Historical: no longer open for bids.

01/ The notice

Key facts

Value
£27,300,000Estimated value stated in the notice
Deadline (UK time)
Mon 26 Oct 2020, 23:59 GMTA deadline does not apply to this historical notice. The source records Mon 26 Oct 2020, 23:59 GMT, which is not an open deadline.
Published
6 Apr 2022
Region
London

02/ The brief

What the notice says

Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.

The contracting authority on behalf of the Secretary of State for the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Affairs, and the British Council (BC) (collectively the 'Partners' or 'Customers') have awarded a framework agreement to Fujitsu Services Limited for the provision of Network Integration Services (the 'Services') (The British Council Call Off Contract).

The Authority's ECHO2 programme was impacted by various external factors beyond its control including hardware failures and chip shortages as a result of the COVID global production delays, resourcing and solution complexity due to network estate considerations which led to a delay in the design, build and test phase. These external factors resulted in a delay to completion of the originally planned ECHO2 programme and necessitated that an extension to the implementation phase be exercised to successfully complete the programme.

The modification does not alter the overall nature of the call-off contract nor does it increase the value of the original call-off contract.

An F20 Notice on Find A Tender Service can be found here https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033303-2024?origin=SearchResults&p=1

03/ Classification

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.

  • 64000000
  • 64200000

04/ History

Releases of this notice

One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.

  1. 6 Apr 2022
    Contract notice

    Contract notice published 6 April 2022.

    Release 0d78c9e1-becc-4f74-b26b-1aff4c529f40

    View this release on Contracts Finder (opens in a new tab)

05/ Limits

What the source does not tell us

  • Only one release is held, so there is no change history.

06/ Questions

About this notice

BRITISH COUNCIL(THE) published this notice.

Estimated value stated in the notice: £27,300,000.

08/ Related

Where to go next

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Reference
0d78c9e1-becc-4f74-b26b-1aff4c529f40
Source
Contracts Finder
Stage
contract · Contract
Last verified
Thu 9 Apr 2026, 16:44 BST
Read at
Fri 23 Oct 2026

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